水泥森林

Chinese

		cement; mud	forest; trees; forest
trad. (水泥森林)		水泥	森林
simp. #(水泥森林)		水泥	森林

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐní sēnlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² nai⁴ sam¹ lam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐní sēnlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiní senlín
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-ni² sên¹-lin²
    • Yale: shwěi-ní sēn-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeini senlin
    • Palladius: шуйни сэньлинь (šujni sɛnʹlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵ sən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² nai⁴ sam¹ lam⁴
    • Yale: séui nàih sām làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² nai⁴ sam¹ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² nei⁴ sem¹ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ nɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/

Noun

水泥森林

1. (figurative) concrete jungle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 水泥森林 (“concrete jungle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		水泥森林, 水泥叢林
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	水泥叢林
Cantonese	Hong Kong	石屎森林