儒林

Chinese

		scholar; Confucian	woods; forest
trad. (儒林)		儒	林
simp. #(儒林)		儒	林

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ lam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúlín
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-lin²
    • Yale: rú-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rulin
    • Palladius: жулинь (žulinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ lam⁴
    • Yale: yùh làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ lɐm²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 儒林 榆林

Noun

儒林

1. (historical) Confucian scholars; scholars; academic circles
2. (figurative) intellectual circles; intelligentsia (intellectual élite)

Synonyms

• (intellectual circles): 知識界／知识界 (zhīshijiè)

Derived terms

• 儒林外史 (Rúlín Wàishǐ)