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武林

武林

Chinese

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

Noun

武林

(wuxia fiction) community of martial artists.

Descendants

Thai: บู๊ลิ้ม ‎(búu-lím)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wǔlín

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ lam⁴
Min Nan (POJ): bú-lîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǔlín
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuulin
  - IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ lam⁴
  - Yale: móuh làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ lam⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ lɐm²¹/
Min Nan
- (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/