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lǐn

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lǐn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǐn | lin3
English translation
to shiver with cold or fear

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About lǐn

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

lǐn

Contains the radical

bīng

Part of speech

Status word / 状态词 Zhuàngtài cí

Learning hint

ice

Etymology of lǐn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

冫禀

Semantic compound

bīng

Phonetic compound

bǐng

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Words with lǐn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
凛冽 lǐn liè biting cold凜冽
lǐn cold lǐn
大义凛然 dà yì lǐn rán devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)大義凜然
威风凛凛 wēi fēng lǐn lǐn majestic威風凜凜
朔风凛冽 shuò fēng lǐn liè The north wind is icy cold.朔風凜冽

lǐn Decomposition & Compounds

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