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琳 lín

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琳 lín Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lín | lin2
English translation
a beautiful gemstone

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About 琳 lín

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

琳 lín

Contains the radical

王 Wáng

Part of speech

Transliterated name / 音译人名 Yīnyì rénmíng

Learning hint

jade

Etymology of 琳 lín

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰王林

Semantic compound

王 Wáng

Phonetic compound

林 Lín

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 王 Wáng represents the meaning and 林 Lín represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 琳 lín

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为 wéi 此行重新 chóngxīn 捡 jiǎn 起 qǐ 西班牙语 Xī bān yá yǔ 来 lái 的 de 杰奎琳 Jié kuí lín 陪 péi 他 tā 一道 yī dào 去 qù .

Jacqueline , turning up her Spanish for the occasion, went with him.

我们 wǒmen 不久前 bù jiǔ qián 讲到 jiǎng dào 凯瑟琳 Kǎi sè lín 已 yǐ 决心 juéxīn 破斧沉 chēn 舟 zhōu .

We left her just now declaring that she would burn her ships behind her.

她 tā 那 Nā 本 běn 《伊万杰琳》后面 hòumian 有 yǒu 许多 xǔduō 有用 yǒu yòng 的 de 注解 zhù jiě .

Her copy of Evangeline > has many helpful notes at the back.

去年 qùnián 她 tā 生 shēng 了 le 个 gè 女孩 nǚ hái , 他们 tā men 叫 jiào 她 tā 凯瑟琳 Kǎi sè lín .

She had a daughter last year. They call this one Catherine.

对 duì 马德琳来说,这次骗 piàn 了 le 你 nǐ ,又 yòu 可 kě 在 zài 她 tā 的 de 光荣 guāngróng 历史 lìshǐ 上 shǎng 多 duō 了一笔 bǐ .

As for Mady, she enriched her record by conning you.

Words with 琳 lín

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
琳 lín gem琳 lín
凯瑟琳 Kǎi sè lín Katherine凱瑟琳
琳琅满目 lín láng mǎn mù fig. a dazzling lineup琳瑯滿目
罗琳 Luó lín Rowling (name)羅琳
关之琳 Guān Zhī lín Rosamund Kwan (1962-), Hong Kong actress關之琳
杰奎琳 Jié kuí lín Jacqueline (name)傑奎琳
叶卡捷琳堡 Yè kǎ jié lín bǎo Yekaterinburg (Russian city, also known as Ekaterinburg or Sverdlovsk)葉卡捷琳堡

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