PINYIN SYLLABLE
Chinese characters with Pinyin lin
Learn how to write 36 Chinese characters pronounced “lin” across 4 tone-marked pronunciations. Open any character for animated stroke order, words, sentences, and printable practice.
START WITH COMMON CHARACTERS
Common “lin” Chinese characters
The same romanized syllable can represent different characters and tones. These useful HSK vocabulary characters are shown first so learners can begin with everyday Mandarin.
TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced lín
20 dictionary entries use the pronunciation lín, including 邻 (neighbor), 林 ((bound form) woods; forest), 临 (to face), 淋 (to sprinkle), 麟 (used in 麒麟[qi2 lin2]).
neighbor
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(bound form) woods; forest
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to face
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to sprinkle
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used in 麒麟[qi2 lin2]
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used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and quinoline 喹啉[kui2 lin2]
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gem
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clear (as of water)
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ranges of hills
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surname Lin
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rumbling of wheels
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continued rain
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to stare at
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(chemistry) phosphorus
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scales (of fish)
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced lìn
9 dictionary entries use the pronunciation lìn, including 吝 ((bound form) stingy), 赁 (to rent), 賃 (Chinese character), 蔺 (surname Lin), 膦 (phosphine).
(bound form) stingy
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to rent
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surname Lin
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phosphine
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used in 蹂躪|蹂躏[rou2lin4]
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced lǐn
6 dictionary entries use the pronunciation lǐn, including 凛 (cold), 凜 (Chinese character), 廩 (Chinese character), 廪 (government granary), 懔 (fear).
cold
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government granary
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fear
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cross-beam
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced līn
1 dictionary entry uses the pronunciation līn, including 拎 (to lift up; to carry in one's hand).
PRINTABLE PRACTICE
Practice these lin characters
Create an A4 Tianzige or Mizige worksheet using 8 useful characters from this pronunciation group.
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