少林寺

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shàolínsì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄙˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ lam⁴ zi^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): Siàu-lîm-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Shàolínsì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄙˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shawlinsyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ lin³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu³ lam⁴ zi^6-2
  - Yale: siu làhm jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ lam⁴ dzi^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ lem⁴ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ lɐm²¹ t͡siː²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siàu-lîm-sī
  - Tâi-lô: Siàu-lîm-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaolimsi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴⁻²² ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lim²⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ lim¹³⁻²² ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ lim²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ lim²³⁻³³ ɕi³³/

Proper noun

少林寺

Shaolin monastery

Japanese

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

Etymology

Middle Chinese 少林寺

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɾʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Proper noun

少林寺 (hiragana しょうりんじ, rōmaji Shōrinji, historical hiragana せうりんじ)

Shaolin Monastery

Derived terms

少 (しょう)林 (りん)寺 (じ)拳 (けん)法 (ぽう) (shōrinji kenpō, “shorinji kempo”)

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