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林

lín

HSK 4 Character

What 林 means

1. bound formwoods; forest
2. bound formcircle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)
3. bound forma collection (of similar things)

Other readings

林 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Línsurname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi

Example sentences

• 我是林。
  I am Lin.
• 救救雨林！
  Jiù jiù yǔlín!
  Save the rainforest!
• 马在林中。
  The horse is in the forest.
• 我叫林峰。
  I am called Lin Feng.
• 我是穆斯林。
  I am a Muslim.
• 你好！林峰。
  Hello! Linfeng.

Words starting with 林

• 林彪Lín BiāoLin Biao (1908–1971), Chinese army leader at the time of the Cultural Revolution
• 林子lín ziwoods; grove; forest
• 林立lín lìto stand in great numbers
• 林业lín yèforest industry; forestry
• 林冲Lín ChōngLin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin
• 林黛玉Lín Dài yùLin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of…
• 林场lín chǎngforestry station; forest management area
• 林木lín mùforest; forest tree
• 林志玲Lín Zhì língLin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress
• 林语堂Lín Yǔ tángLin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor
• 林荫道lín yīn dàoboulevard; avenue
• 林林总总lín lín zǒng zǒngin great abundance; numerous
• 林区lín qūregion of forest
• 林则徐Lín Zé xúLin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium…
• 林地lín dìwoodland
• 林务lín wùforestry
• 林卡lín kǎtransliteration of Tibetan lingka: garden
• 林学lín xuéforestry
• 林心如Lín Xīn rúRuby Lin (1976-), Taiwanese actress and pop singer
• 林克平大学Lín kè píng Dà xuéLinköping University, Sweden
• 林州市Lín zhōu ShìLinzhou, a county-level city in Anyang City 安阳市
• 林火lín huǒforest fire
• 林吉特lín jí tèringgit (monetary unit of Malaysia) (loanword)
• 林森Lín SēnLin Sen (1868-1943), revolutionary politician, colleague of Sun Yat-sen, chairman of the…

Words containing 林

• 森林sēn línforest
• 园林yuán língardens; park; landscape garden
• 树林shù línwoods; grove; forest
• 柏林Bó línBerlin, capital of Germany
• 穆斯林Mù sī línMuslim
• 小林Xiǎo línKobayashi (Japanese surname)
• 斯大林Sī dà línJoseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
• 武林wǔ línmartial arts (social) circles
• 丛林cóng línjungle; thicket; forest
• 奥林匹克Ào lín pǐ kèOlympic
• 山林shān línwooded mountain; mountain forest
• 吉林省Jí lín ShěngJilin Province, capital Changchun 长春市
• 竹林zhú línbamboo forest
• 格林Gé línGreen or Greene (name)
• 少林Shào línthe Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
• 翰林Hàn línrefers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the…
• 少林寺Shào lín SìShaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
• 吉林市Jí lín ShìJilin, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省
• 巴林Bā línBahrain
• 密林mì línjungle
• 石林Shí línStone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan
• 柏林墙Bó lín QiángBerlin Wall
• 梅林Méi línMerlin
• 克里姆林宫Kè lǐ mǔ lín Gōngthe Kremlin

Characters that look like 林

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 坏huàibad; spoiled; broken
• 妹mèiyounger sister
• 杯bēicup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
• 柏bǎicedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. bó
• 栋dòngclassifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)
• 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)

Sounds the same

Read lín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 邻neighbor; adjacent; close to
• 临to face; to overlook; to arrive
• 淋to sprinkle; to drip; to pour
• 琳gem
• 鳞scales (of fish, snakes etc)
• 霖continued rain
• 磷(chemistry) phosphorus
• 遴(literary) to select
• 粼clear (as of water)
• 啉used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉
• 嶙ranges of hills
• 璘luster of gem