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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
临 lín	临 \| 临* \| *临	to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before	臨 HSK 7-9


拎 līn	拎 \| 拎* \| *拎	to lift up; to carry in one's hand / Taiwan pr. [ling1]	HSK 7-9


淋 lín	淋 \| 淋* \| *淋	to sprinkle / to drip / to pour / to drench	HSK 7-9


凛 lǐn	凛 \| 凛* \| *凛	cold / to shiver with cold / to tremble with fear / afraid / apprehensive / strict / stern / severe / austere / awe-inspiring / imposing / majestic	凜


膦 lìn	膦 \| 膦* \| *膦	phosphine


林 Lín	林 \| 林* \| *林	surname Lin / Japanese surname Hayashi


林 lín	林 \| 林* \| *林	(bound form) woods; forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things)


磷 lín	磷 \| 磷* \| *磷	(chemistry) phosphorus


淋 lìn	淋 \| 淋* \| *淋	to filter / to strain / to drain / gonorrhea / (TCM) strangury


临安 Lín'ān	临安 \| 临安* \| *临安	Lin'an, county-level city in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang	臨安


邻 lín	邻 \| 邻* \| *邻	neighbor / adjacent / close to	鄰


鳞 lín	鳞 \| 鳞* \| *鳞	scales (of fish)	鱗


吝 lìn	吝 \| 吝* \| *吝	(bound form) stingy


粼 lín	粼 \| 粼* \| *粼	clear (as of water)


蔺 Lìn	蔺 \| 蔺* \| *蔺	surname Lin	藺


蔺 lìn	蔺 \| 蔺* \| *蔺	juncus effusus	藺


琳 lín	琳 \| 琳* \| *琳	gem


麟 lín	麟 \| 麟* \| *麟	used in 麒麟


冧 lín	冧 \| 冧* \| *冧	(Cantonese) to topple / to collapse / to coax / flower bud


磷 lín	磷 \| 磷* \| *磷	variant of 磷	燐


磷 lín	磷 \| 磷* \| *磷	variant of 磷	粦


邻 lín	邻 \| 邻* \| *邻	variant of 鄰｜邻	隣


霖 lín	霖 \| 霖* \| *霖	continued rain


临县 Línxiàn	临县 \| 临县* \| *临县	Lin county in Lüliang 呂梁｜吕梁, Shanxi 山西	臨縣


璘 lín	璘 \| 璘* \| *璘	luster of gem


僯 lǐn	僯 \| 僯* \| *僯	ashamed


檩 lǐn	檩 \| 檩* \| *檩	cross-beam / ridge-pole	檁


吝 lìn	吝 \| 吝* \| *吝	variant of 吝	恡


嶙 lín	嶙 \| 嶙* \| *嶙	ranges of hills


赁 lìn	赁 \| 赁* \| *赁	to rent	賃


惏 lín	惏 \| 惏* \| *惏	cold / frigid


榜眼 bǎngyǎn	榜眼 \| 榜眼* \| *榜眼	candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元｜状元


遴 Lín	遴 \| 遴* \| *遴	surname Lin


遴 lín	遴 \| 遴* \| *遴	(literary) to select


啉 lín	啉 \| 啉* \| *啉	used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉 and quinoline 喹啉


廪 lǐn	廪 \| 廪* \| *廪	government granary	廩


麟 lín	麟 \| 麟* \| *麟	variant of 麟	麐


懔 lǐn	懔 \| 懔* \| *懔	fear	懍


躙 lìn	躙 \| 躙* \| *躙	variant of 躪｜躏, to trample down / to oppress / to overrun


菻 lǐn	菻 \| 菻* \| *菻	ancient name for east Roman empire


亃 lín	亃 \| 亃* \| *亃	mythical animal, said to have yellow body and white tail


潾 lín	潾 \| 潾* \| *潾	clear (as of water)


躏 lìn	躏 \| 躏* \| *躏	used in 蹂躪｜蹂躏	躪


辚 lín	辚 \| 辚* \| *辚	rumbling of wheels	轔


瞵 lín	瞵 \| 瞵* \| *瞵	to stare at


澟 lǐn	澟 \| 澟* \| *澟	old variant of 凜｜凛


醂 lín	醂 \| 醂* \| *醂	used in 味醂


獜 lín	獜 \| 獜* \| *獜	firefly


林森 Lín Sēn	林森 \| 林森* \| *林森	Lin Sen (1868-1943), revolutionary politician, colleague of Sun Yat-sen, chairman of the Chinese nationalist government (1928-1932)


痳 lín	痳 \| 痳* \| *痳	hernia / urinary hesitancy / erroneous variant of 痲


林琴南 Lín Qínnán	林琴南 \| 林琴南* \| *林琴南	courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓｜林纾


林冲 Lín Chōng	林冲 \| 林冲* \| *林冲	Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin	林沖


林县 Línxiàn	林县 \| 林县* \| *林县	Lin county in Henan	林縣


林彪 Lín Biāo	林彪 \| 林彪* \| *林彪	Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution


贾宝玉 Jiǎ Bǎoyù	贾宝玉 \| 贾宝玉* \| *贾宝玉	Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵｜薛宝钗	賈寶玉


林语堂 Lín Yǔtáng	林语堂 \| 林语堂* \| *林语堂	Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor	林語堂


林旭 Lín Xù	林旭 \| 林旭* \| *林旭	Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898


林纾 Lín Shū	林纾 \| 林纾* \| *林纾	Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese	林紓


林则徐 Lín Zéxú	林则徐 \| 林则徐* \| *林则徐	Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842	林則徐


张志新 Zhāng Zhìxīn	张志新 \| 张志新* \| *张志新	Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979	張志新


戊戌六君子 Wùxū Liùjūnzǐ	戊戌六君子 \| 戊戌六君子* \| *戊戌六君子	the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同｜谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀｜杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 劉光第｜刘光第, Kang Guangren 康廣仁｜康广仁 and Yang Rui 楊銳｜杨锐


林来疯 Línláifēng	林来疯 \| 林来疯* \| *林来疯	Linsanity / craze over Jeremy Lin 林書豪｜林书豪	林來瘋


林家翘 Lín Jiāqiáo	林家翘 \| 林家翘* \| *林家翘	Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician	林家翹


林心如 Lín Xīnrú	林心如 \| 林心如* \| *林心如	Ruby Lin (1976-), Taiwanese actress and pop singer


林志玲 Lín Zhìlíng	林志玲 \| 林志玲* \| *林志玲	Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress


林怀民 Lín Huáimín	林怀民 \| 林怀民* \| *林怀民	Lin Hwai-Min (1947-), Taiwanese choreographer and dancer	林懷民


林书豪 Lín Shūháo	林书豪 \| 林书豪* \| *林书豪	Jeremy Lin (1988-), Taiwanese-American professional basketball player (NBA)	林書豪


林丰正 Lín Fēngzhèng	林丰正 \| 林丰正* \| *林丰正	Lin Fong-cheng (1940-), Taiwanese politician	林豐正


林逋 Lín Bū	林逋 \| 林逋* \| *林逋	Lin Bu (967-1028), Northern Song poet


林青霞 Lín Qīngxiá	林青霞 \| 林青霞* \| *林青霞	Brigitte Lin (1954-), Taiwanese actress


林黛玉 Lín Dàiyù	林黛玉 \| 林黛玉* \| *林黛玉	Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉｜贾宝玉


𬭸 lín	𬭸 \| 𬭸* \| *𬭸	phosphonium	鏻


𬴊 lín	𬴊 \| 𬴊* \| *𬴊	variant of 麟, female unicorn	驎


黑奴吁天录 Hēinúyùtiānlù	黑奴吁天录 \| 黑奴吁天录* \| *黑奴吁天录	Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓｜林纾	黑奴籲天錄


𡳞 lìn	𡳞 \| 𡳞* \| *𡳞	(Minnan dialect) male genitals / penis


田长霖 Tián Chánglín	田长霖 \| 田长霖* \| *田长霖	Chang-lin Tien (1935-2002), Chinese-American professor and chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley 1990-1997	田長霖


临安市 Lín'ānshì	临安市 \| 临安市* \| *临安市	Lin'an, county-level city in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang	臨安市


临安县 Lín'ānxiàn	临安县 \| 临安县* \| *临安县	Lin'an county in Zhejiang, west of Hangzhou	臨安縣

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