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琳

lín

Character

What 琳 means

1. gem

Example sentences

• 琳达深夜回家。
  Lín dá shēnyè huíjiā.
  Linda came home late at night.
• 琳达站起来唱歌。
  Linda stood up to sing.
• 琳达喜欢巧克力。
  Linda loves chocolate.
• 琳达学习希腊语。
  Linda studies Greek.
• 琳达伍德站在门口。
  Linda Wood was standing at the door.
• 琳达喜欢吃巧克力。
  Linda likes eating chocolate.

Words starting with 琳

• 琳琅满目lín láng mǎn mù(idiom) to be a feast for the eyes; to be a cornucopia of delights…
• 琳琅lín lángglittering jewels
• 琳·戴维斯Lín · Dài wéi sīLynn E. Davis (1943-), US academic and arms control expert, undersecretary of state…

Words containing 琳

• 玛德琳mǎ dé línmadeleine (French cake)
• 许仲琳Xǔ Zhòng línXu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陈仲琳
• 关之琳Guān Zhī línRosamund Kwan (1962-), Hong Kong actress
• 陈仲琳Chén Zhòng línChen Zhonglin, aka Xu Zhonglin 许仲琳
• 圣凯瑟琳Shèng kǎi sè línSaint Catherine
• 叶卡捷琳堡Yè kǎ jié lín bǎoYekaterinburg (Russian city, also known as Ekaterinburg or Sverdlovsk)
• 叶卡捷琳娜Yè kǎ jié lín nàYekaterina or Ekaterina (name); Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684-1727)…
• 杨丞琳Yáng Chéng línRainie Yang (1984-), Taiwanese entertainer
• 杰奎琳·肯尼迪Jié kuí lín · Kěn ní díJacqueline Onassis Kennedy (1929-1994)
• 凯瑟琳Kǎi sè línCatherine (name); Katherine
• 罗琳Luó línRowling (name); Joanne Kathleen Rowling (1965-), author of the Harry Potter series of…
• 埃琳娜Āi lín nàElena (name)
• 杰奎琳Jié kuí línJacqueline (name)
• 满目琳琅mǎn mù lín lángsee 琳琅满目

Characters built on 林

These share the phonetic component 林 (lín), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 禁jìnto prohibit; to forbid
• 淋línto sprinkle; to drip; to pour
• 彬bīnurbane; well-bred; cultivated
• 霖líncontinued rain
• 啉línused in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉

Characters that look like 琳

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

• 稣sūarchaic variant of 苏; to revive
• 淋línto sprinkle; to drip; to pour
• 跪guìto kneel
• 琢zhuóto cut (gems)
• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 啉línused in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉

Sounds the same

Read lín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 林(bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)…
• 邻neighbor; adjacent; close to
• 临to face; to overlook; to arrive
• 淋to sprinkle; to drip; to pour
• 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