"Lin" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 lín woods / forest / CL:片[pian4] / circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / a collection (of similar things)
 lín to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before
 lín variant of 鄰|邻[lin2]
 lìn to filter / to strain / to drain / gonorrhea / (TCM) strangury
 lín to sprinkle / to drip / to pour / to drench
 lín gem
 lín female unicorn / see 麒麟
 lín scales (of fish)
 lín variant of 磷[lin2]
 lǐn cold / to shiver with cold / to tremble with fear / afraid / apprehensive / strict / stern / severe / austere / awe-inspiring / imposing / majestic
 lìn to rent
 lín continued rain
 līn to lift / to carry in one's hand / Taiwan pr. [ling1]
 lìn variant of 吝[lin4]
 lìn to trample down / to oppress / to overrun / see 蹂躪|蹂躏[rou2 lin4]
 lín clear (as of water)
 lín ranges of hills
 lǐn fear
 lín (literary) to select
 lìn juncus effusus
 lǐn government granary
 lín used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and quinoline 喹啉[kui2 lin2]
 lǐn cross-beam / ridge-pole
 lín rumbling of wheels
 lìn phosphine
 lín female of Chinese unicorn
 lín variant of 麟[lin2], female unicorn
 lín to stare at
 lín phosphonium
 lín Japanese variant of 鄰|邻
 lín clear (as of water)
 lín variant of 磷[lin2]
 lín luster of gem
 lǐn ancient name for east Roman empire
 lín mythical animal, said to have yellow body and white tail
 lín cold / frigid
 lǐn ashamed
 lín firefly
 lìn variant of 躪|躏, to trample down / to oppress / to overrun
 lǐn variant of 躪|躏, to trample down / to oppress / to overrun
 lín hernia / urinary hesitancy / erroneous variant of 痲[ma2]
 lǐn old variant of 凜|凛[lin3]
 lín (Cantonese) to topple / to collapse / to coax / flower bud
𬭸 lín phosphonium
𬴊 lín variant of 麟[lin2], female unicorn
𡳞 lìn (Minnan dialect) male genitals / penis
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