松林

Chinese

		pine	woods; forest
trad. (松林)		松	林
simp. #(松林)		松	林

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōnglín

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōnglín
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: songlín
    • Wade–Giles: sung¹-lin²
    • Yale: sūng-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: songlin
    • Palladius: сунлинь (sunlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵ lin³⁵/

Noun

松林

1. pinewood forest

Proper noun

松林

1. (～市) Songrim (a city in North Korea)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
松	林
まつ Grade: 4	はやし > ばやし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɨᵝba̠ja̠ɕi]

Noun

松(まつ)林(ばやし) • (matsubayashi) 

1. pinewood forest

Proper noun

松(まつ)林(ばやし) • (Matsubayashi) 

1. a surname.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
松	林
しょう Grade: 4	りん Grade: 1
kan’on

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 송림(松林) (songnim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɾʲĩɴ]

Proper noun

松(しょう)林(りん) • (Shōrin) 

1. Songrim (a city in North Korea)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
松	林
ソン Grade: 4	リム Grade: 1
irregular

From Korean 송림(松林) (songnim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sõ̞nɾʲimɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

松(ソン)林(リム) • (Sonrimu) 

1. Songrim (a city in North Korea)

References

• “松林”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
• “松林”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
• “松林”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

Korean

Hanja in this term
松	林

Proper noun

松林 • (Songnim) (hangeul 송림)

1. Hanja form^? of 송림 (“Songrim”).