深林

Chinese

		deep; profound	woods; forest
trad. (深林)		深	林
simp. #(深林)		深	林

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ lam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenlín
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-lin²
    • Yale: shēn-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenlin
    • Palladius: шэньлинь (šɛnʹlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ lam⁴
    • Yale: sām làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syim|syimH lim

Rime
Character	深	深	林
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	書 (26)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	侵 (139)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	式針切	式禁切	力尋切
Baxter	syim	syimH	lim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪm/	/ɕiɪmH/	/liɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕim/	/ɕimH/	/lim/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjem/	/ɕjemH/	/ljem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕim/	/ɕimH/	/lim/
Li Rong	/ɕiəm/	/ɕiəmH/	/liəm/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕm/	/ɕĭĕmH/	/lĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əm/	/ɕi̯əmH/	/li̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	shèn	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam1	sam3	lam4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l̥][ə]m|[l̥][ə]m-s  [r]əm/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljum|hljums  ɡ·rɯm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	深	深	林
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēn	shēn	lín
Middle Chinese	‹ syim ›	‹ syimH ›	‹ lim ›
Old Chinese	/*[l̥][ə]m/	/*[l̥][ə]m-s/	/*[r]əm/
English	deep	depth	forest
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	深	深	林
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	11255	11256	8165
Phonetic component	罙	罙	林
Rime group	侵	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	3	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	深	深	林
Old Chinese	/*hljum/	/*hljums/	/*ɡ·rɯm/

Noun

深林

1. deep forest

Synonyms

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• 叢林／丛林 (cónglín) (dense forest)
• 密林 (mìlín) (dense forest)
• 林叢／林丛 (líncóng) (dense forest)
• 森林 (sēnlín)
• 樹林／树林 (shùlín)
• 樹林子／树林子 (shùlínzi)
• 雨林 (yǔlín) (rainforest)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
深	林
しん Grade: 3	りん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

深(しん)林(りん) • (shinrin) 

1. deep forest