少林

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Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	woods; forest
simp. and trad. (少林)		少	林

Etymology

少 (Shào) is short for 少室山 (Shàoshìshān, “Shaoshi Peak”), the western peak of Mount Song. The eponymous temple is located north of the peak, a forested area.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shàolín

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ lam⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Siàu-lîm

(Teochew, Peng'im): siao³ lim⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sau-lin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shàolín
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shàolín
  - Wade–Giles: Shao⁴-lin²
  - Yale: Shàu-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shawlin
  - Palladius: Шаолинь (Šaolinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu³ lam⁴
  - Yale: siu làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ lem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ lɐm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siàu-lîm
  - Tâi-lô: Siàu-lîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaoliim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ lim¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siau¹¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²¹⁻⁴¹ lim²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siao³ lim⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siàu lîm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ lim⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sau-lin
  - MiniDict: sau^去 lin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sau-lin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ³³ lin⁴⁴/

Proper noun

少林

Shaolin

Derived terms

少林功夫 (Shàolín gōngfū)
少林寺 (Shàolínsì)
少林風濕跌打膏 / 少林风湿跌打膏 (shàolín fēngshī diēdǎ gāo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
少	林
しょう Grade: 2	りん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Chinese 少林 (MC syewH lim).

Proper noun

少(しょう)林(りん) • (Shōrin) ^{←せうりん (Seurin)^?}

Shaolin

Derived terms

少林忌(しょうりんき) (Shōrin-ki)
少林寺(しょうりんじ) (Shōrin-ji)

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