石林
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Chinese
| rock; stone; 10 pecks | woods; forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (石林) |
石 | 林 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shíhlín
- Wade–Giles: shih2-lin2
- Yale: shŕ-lín
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrlin
- Palladius: шилинь (šilinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ lin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sek6 lam4
- Yale: sehk làhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: sek9 lam4
- Guangdong Romanization: ség6 lem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛːk̚² lɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
石林
Proper noun
石林
- Short for 雲南石林／云南石林 (“Stone Forest”).
- (～彝族自治縣, ～縣) Shilin (a Yi autonomous county in Kunming, Yunnan, China)
Synonyms
- (Shilin Yi Autonomous County, historical) 路南 (Lùnán)