林森

Chinese

		woods; forest	of trees, many
trad. (林森)		林	森
simp. #(林森)		林	森
anagram		森林

Etymology

Named after Chinese politician 林森 (Lín Sēn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Línsēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄙㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lîm-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Línsēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄙㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Línsen
    • Wade–Giles: Lin²-sên¹
    • Yale: Lín-sēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Linsen
    • Palladius: Линьсэнь (Linʹsɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ sən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: làhm sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm-sim
    • Tâi-lô: Lîm-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: limsym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lim²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/

Proper noun

林森

1. (～縣) (historical) Old name for 閩侯／闽侯 (Mǐnhòu). [1943-1950]