森林浴

Chinese

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 森林浴(しんりんよく) (shinrin'yoku, “forest bathing”)

		forest; trees; forest	bath; to bathe
trad. (森林浴)		森林	浴
simp. #(森林浴)		森林	浴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sēnlínyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sēnlínyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄣ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: senlínyù
    • Wade–Giles: sên¹-lin²-yü⁴
    • Yale: sēn-lín-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: senlinyuh
    • Palladius: сэньлиньюй (sɛnʹlinʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sən⁵⁵ lin³⁵ y⁵¹/

Noun

森林浴

1. forest bathing (shinrinyoku), visiting the woods to soothe oneself mentally

Japanese

Kanji in this term
森	林	浴
しん Grade: 1	りん Grade: 1	よく Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Coined by Japanese director of Forestry Agency Tomohide Akiyama in 1982. Compound of 森林 (shinrin, “forest”) +‎ 浴 (yoku, “bath, bathing”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんり​んよく [shìńríꜜǹ'yòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩnɾʲĩɰ̃jo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

森(しん)林(りん)浴(よく) • (shinrin'yoku) 

1. forest bathing, shinrinyoku, visiting the woods to soothe oneself mentally

Descendants

• → Chinese: 森林浴 (sēnlínyù)
• English: → shinrinyoku, → forest bathing (calque)
• → Korean: 삼림욕 (samnimyok)
• → Portuguese: banho de floresta (calque)

Korean

Hanja in this term
森	林	浴

Noun

森林浴 • (samnimyok) (hangeul 삼림욕)

1. Hanja form^? of 삼림욕 (“Nature therapy (lit "forest bathing")”).