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林

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林

  • lín (lin²) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄌㄧㄣˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • lam⁴ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • lin⁴ Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • lìm Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • lim² Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • ling¹ Jin, Wiktionary specific
  • lâng Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • nâ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • lîm Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • na⁵ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • lim⁵ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁶lin Wu, Northern, Wugniu
  • ²lin Wu, Northern, Wugniu
  • lin² Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
  • lín Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄌㄧㄣˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • lín Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • lin² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • lín Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • lin Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • линь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /lin³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • lam⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • làhm Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • lem⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /lɐm²¹/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • lin⁴ Gan, Nanchang, Wiktionary specific
  • /lin³⁵/ Gan, Nanchang, IPA

noun

  1. 同本义，如：林子、森林、树林、竹林、林木。
  2. 指人事物的汇聚之处，如：林立、孔林、武林、士林
  3. 郊外、野外。如：林垌
  4. 隐居的地方。如：林下人（隐居之人）。
  5. 指林业。
  6. 姓氏。

In English

  • forest dense collection of trees

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"林." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%9E%97. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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林. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%9E%97

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"林." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%9E%97.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {林},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%9E%97},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}