少林寺

Chinese

		Shaolin	Buddhist temple
trad. (少林寺)		少林	寺
simp. #(少林寺)		少林	寺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shàolínsì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ lam⁴ zi^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Siàu-lîm-sī
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵sau-lin-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shàolínsì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shàolínsìh
    • Wade–Giles: Shao⁴-lin²-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: Shàu-lín-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shawlinsyh
    • Palladius: Шаолиньсы (Šaolinʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ lin³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ lam⁴ zi^6-2
    • Yale: siu làhm jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ lam⁴ dzi^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ lem⁴ ji^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ lɐm²¹ t͡siː²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siàu-lîm-sī
    • Tâi-lô: Siàu-lîm-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaolimsi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴⁻²² si²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lim²⁴⁻²² si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ lim¹³⁻²² si²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau¹¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²¹⁻⁴¹ lim²³⁻³³ si³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵sau-lin-zy
    • MiniDict: sau^去 lin zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sau-lin-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ³³ lin⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/

Proper noun

少林寺

1. (Buddhism) Shaolin Monastery

Japanese

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

Etymology

From 少林 (Shōrin, “Shaolin”, literally “small forest”) +‎ 寺 (-ji, “Buddhist temple”).

Compare Mandarin 少林寺 (Shàolínsì).

Proper noun

少(しょう)林(りん)寺(じ) • (Shōrin-ji) ^{←せうりんじ (seurinzi)?}

1. (Buddhism) the Shaolin Monastery in central China
2. (Buddhism) any of the other temples named Shōrin in Japan

Derived terms

• 少林寺(しょうりんじ)拳法(けんぽう) (Shōrin-ji kenpō)