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Shao-lin

Shao-lin is the alternative form of Shaolin.

Meaning of Shaolin

Proper noun

Shaolin

  1. A collection of Chinese martial arts that claim affiliation with the Shaolin Monastery.

Origin of Shao-lin

The Wade–Giles transcription of 少林 (Shàolín).

Questions about Shao-lin

What is Shao-lin the alternative form of?
Shao-lin is the alternative form of Shaolin.

Words near Shao-lin in the dictionary

  1. shanzhiside
  2. Shanzhou
  3. Shao
  4. Shao-hsing
  5. Shao-kuan
  6. Shao-lin
  7. Shao-shan
  8. shaobing
  9. Shaodongian
  10. Shaoguan
  11. Shaohing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Shao-lin (page history and authors); Shaolin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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