Etymology

Shihlin

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Mandarin 士林
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from士林
  2. English todayShihlin

Borrowed from Mandarin 士林 (Shìlín) Wade–Giles romanization: Shih⁴-lin².

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.