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līn

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līn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
līn | lin1
English translation
to lift, to haul, to take

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About līn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

līn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of līn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌令

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Líng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and Líng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using līn

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黑色 hēi sè de 拎包 līn bāo 由于 yóuyú zhuāng le 各种 gè zhǒng 形状 xíngzhuàng de 东西 dōngxī ér 中间 zhōngjiān 下陷 xià xiàn .

The black reticule sagged under the weight of shapeless objects.

匆忙 cōngmáng 装好食品 shí pǐn lán 吃力 chīlì de līn shǎng 车子 chē zi

I hastily packed the hamper and lugged it to the car.

līn 手提箱 shǒu tí xiāng , shǎng le 楼梯 lóu tī .

He picked up his suitcase and climbed the stairs.

抓住 zhuā zhù gǒu de 脖子 bózi līn 起来 qǐlai

He picked the dog up by the scruff of the neck.

Words with līn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
līn to lift līn
拎包 līn bāo handbag or shopping bag (dialect)拎包 līn bāo

līn Decomposition & Compounds

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