少林寺

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Chinese

		Shaolin	Buddhist temple
trad. (少林寺)		少林	寺
simp. ^#(少林寺)		少林	寺

Wikipedia has articles on:

少林寺 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
少林寺 (Cantonese)
Siàu-lîm-sī (Southern Min)
少林寺 (Wu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shàolínsì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄙˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ lam⁴ zi^6-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Siàu-lîm-sī
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sau-lin-zy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shàolínsì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄙˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shàolínsìh
  - Wade–Giles: Shao⁴-lin²-ssŭ⁴
  - Yale: Shàu-lín-sz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shawlinsyh
  - Palladius: Шаолиньсы (Šaolinʹsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ lin³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu³ lam⁴ zi^6-2
  - Yale: siu làhm jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ lam⁴ dzi^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ lem⁴ ji^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ lɐm²¹ t͡siː²²⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siàu-lîm-sī
  - Tâi-lô: Siàu-lîm-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaolimsi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴⁻²² si²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lim²⁴⁻²² si⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ lim¹³⁻²² si²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siau¹¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²¹⁻⁴¹ lim²³⁻³³ si³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sau-lin-zy
  - MiniDict: sau^去 lin zy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sau-lin-zr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ³³ lin⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/

Proper noun

少林寺

(Buddhism) Shaolin Monastery

Japanese

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

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

少林寺

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Shaolin Monastery

Etymology

From 少林 (Shōrin, “Shaolin”, literally “small forest”) +‎ 寺 (-ji, “Buddhist temple”).

Compare Mandarin 少林寺 (Shàolínsì).

Proper noun

少(しょう)林(りん)寺(じ) • (Shōrinji) ^{←せうりんじ (Seurinzi)^?}

(Buddhism) the Shaolin Monastery in central China
(Buddhism) any of the other temples named Shōrin in Japan

Derived terms

少林寺(しょうりんじ)拳法(けんぽう) (Shōrin-ji kenpō)

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