武林

Chinese

		martial; military	woods; forest
simp. and trad. (武林)		武	林
Literally: “martial forest”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔlín

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ lam⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-lîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔlín
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔlín
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-lin²
  - Yale: wǔ-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuulin
  - Palladius: улинь (ulinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ lam⁴
  - Yale: móuh làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ lem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ lɐm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-lîm
  - Tâi-lô: bú-lîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bwliim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lim²³/

Proper noun

武林

(chiefly literary or poetic) Synonym of 杭州 (Hángzhōu)
- 沙漠回看清禁月，湖山應夢武林春。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  沙漠回看清禁月，湖山应梦武林春。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 蘇軾《送子由使契丹》
  Shāmò huíkàn qīngjìn yuè, húshān yìng mèng wǔlín chūn. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Noun

武林

(wuxia fiction) community of martial artists
武林高手 ― wǔlín gāoshǒu ― kung fu master

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (武林):

→ Korean: 무림(武林) (murim)
→ Vietnamese: võ lâm (武林)

→ Thai: บู๊ลิ้ม (búu-lím)

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