少林

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	woods; forest
simp. and trad. (少林)		少	林

Etymology

少 (Shào) is short for 少室山 (Shàoshìshān, “Shaoshi Peak”), the western peak of Mount Song. The eponymous temple is located north of the peak, a forested area.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shàolín

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ lam⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Siàu-lîm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao³ lim⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵sau-lin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shàolín
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shàolín
    • Wade–Giles: Shao⁴-lin²
    • Yale: Shàu-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shawlin
    • Palladius: Шаолинь (Šaolinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ lam⁴
    • Yale: siu làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ lɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siàu-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: Siàu-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaoliim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ lim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau¹¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²¹⁻⁴¹ lim²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao³ lim⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siàu lîm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ lim⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵sau-lin
    • MiniDict: sau^去 lin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sau-lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ³³ lin⁴⁴/

Proper noun

少林

1. Shaolin

Derived terms

• 少林功夫 (Shàolín gōngfū)
• 少林寺 (Shàolínsì)
• 少林風濕跌打膏／少林风湿跌打膏 (shàolín fēngshī diēdǎ gāo)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
少	林
しょう Grade: 2	りん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Chinese 少林 (MC syewH lim).

Proper noun

少(しょう)林(りん) • (Shōrin) ^{←せうりん (seurin)?}

1. Shaolin

Derived terms

• 少林忌(しょうりんき) (Shōrin-ki)
• 少林寺(しょうりんじ) (Shōrin-ji)