禪林

Chinese

		abdicate; meditation; abstraction abdicate; meditation; abstraction; (Zen) Buddhism	woods; forest
trad. (禪林)		禪	林
simp. (禅林)		禅	林

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chánlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim⁴ lam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâm-lîm / siân-lîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chánlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chánlín
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²-lin²
    • Yale: chán-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnlin
    • Palladius: чаньлинь (čanʹlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sim⁴ lam⁴
    • Yale: sìhm làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim⁴ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim⁴ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm²¹ lɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâm-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: siâm-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siamliim
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siam²⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siân-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: siân-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienliim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn¹³⁻²² lim¹³/

Noun

禪林

1. Buddhist temple

Synonyms

• 佛寺 (fósì) (Buddhist temple)
• 宮廟／宫庙 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 寶剎／宝刹 (bǎochà) (Buddhist temple)
• 寺
• 寺廟／寺庙 (sìmiào)
• 尪廟／尪庙 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 廟／庙 (miào)
• 廟宇／庙宇 (miàoyǔ)
• 廟寺／庙寺 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 梵宇 (fànyǔ) (literary, Buddhist temple)
• 禪寺／禅寺 (chánsì) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪寺／禅寺 (chánsì) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪房／禅房 (chánfáng) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪院／禅院 (chányuàn) (Buddhist temple)