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Lín

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Lín Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Lín | Lin2
English translation
surname Lin
woods
forest
CL: piān [piàn]
circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)
a collection (of similar things)
forest, grove; surname

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About Lín

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Lín

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

Two trees  representing a forest

Etymology of Lín

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

木木

Explanation

Combination of two trees ().

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Example sentences using Lín

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富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín de 实验 shíyàn 表明 biǎomíng 闪电 shǎndiàn shì zhǒng 放电 fàng diàn .

Franklin's experiments showed that the lightning is an electrical discharge.

Cóng Nán Yuè dào 西柏林 Bó lín ,我国 wǒ guó jiāng 信守 xìn shǒu 自己 zìjǐ de 承诺 chéngnuò .

This Nation will keep its commitments from South Viet - Nam to West Berlin.

森林 sēnlín 曼延数百 shù bǎi .

The forests stretch for hundreds of miles.

只有 zhǐyǒu 熟知 shú zhī zhè 一带 yī dài 地势 dìshì de rén cái Néng 穿行 chuān xíng piān ǎi 树林 Shù lín .

Only someone knowing the terrain intimately could have picked his way through all that underbrush.

我们 wǒmen duì zhè 景象 jǐng xiàng 看厌 le , jiù 慢慢 màn màn de 逛进去,走进 zǒu jìn 林生村.

When we were tired of this sight, we wandered slowly into Ringsend.

Words with Lín

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Lín woods Lín
森林 sēnlín forest森林 sēnlín
树林 Shù lín woods樹林
柏林 Bó lín Berlin, capital of Germany柏林 Bó lín
丛林 cóng lín jungle叢林
穆斯林 Mù sī lín Muslim穆斯林 Mù sī lín
武林 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles武林 wǔ lín
园林 yuánlín gardens園林
布鲁克林 Bù lǔ kè lín Brooklyn, borough of New York City布魯克林
梅林 Méi lín Merlin梅林 Méi lín
林业 lín yè forestry林業
林肯 Lín kěn Lincoln (name)林肯 Lín kěn
吉林 Jí lín also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province吉林 Jí lín
格林 Gé lín Green or Greene (name)格林 Gé lín
克林顿 Kè lín dùn Clinton (name)克林頓
奥林匹克 Aò lín pǐ kè Olympic奧林匹克
斯大林 Sī dà lín Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator斯大林 Sī dà lín
林彪 Lín Biāo Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution林彪 Lín Biāo
桂林 Guì lín Guilin prefecture-level city in Guangxi桂林 Guì lín
少林 Shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school少林 Shào lín
柯林斯 Kē lín sī Collins (name)柯林斯 Kē lín sī
阿司匹林 ā sī pǐ lín aspirin (loanword)阿司匹林 ā sī pǐ lín
吉林省 Jí lín Shěng Jilin Province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. , capital Changchun 長春|长春 Cháng chūn [Cháng​chūn]吉林省 Jí lín Shěng
造林 zào lín forestation造林 zào lín
普林斯顿 Pǔ lín sī dùn Princeton, New Jersey普林斯頓

Lín Decomposition & Compounds

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Lín Decomposition

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Lín Compounds

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  • Lín
        • ,
      • me
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      • me
      • ma , , huī , , 麿 mo , zōu , nún , , , , ,
    • bīn
    • lín
    • lín , lín , shān , , chēn , lín , lín , lín , , cuàn , , lín , lǐn , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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