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The Cantonese word sam lam - 森林 - sam1 lam4
(forest in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

sam1 lam4

English translations

forest

Chinese characters:

森林
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森林 (sam1 lam4) is composed of these characters: 森, 林
The traditional Chinese characters of sam1 lam4 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Topic
Geography

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

tree  |  actually there are a lot more trees than indicated in the character
森林 ( sam lam / sam1 lam4 ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 455)
More words that mean forest in Cantonese
lam4 ( 林 ), sam1 ( 森 )

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