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寺院

寺院

Chinese

		Buddhist temple	courtyard; institution
simp. and trad. (寺院)		寺	院

Noun

寺院

See also

修道院 (xiūdàoyuàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寺	院
じ Grade: 2	いん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

寺院 ‎(hiragana じいん, romaji jiin)

Buddhist temple, wat

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): sìyuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jyun^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): sī-īⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: sìyuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄩㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyuann
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ y̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ jyun^6-2
  - Yale: jih yún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jyn^6-2
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-īⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sī-īnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: six'vi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi²²⁻²¹ ĩ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁴¹⁻²² ĩ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²²⁻²¹ ĩ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi³³⁻¹¹ ĩ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi³³⁻²¹ ĩ³³/