林 (lam4 | lin2) : forest; grove

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林

lam4

lin2

[1] [n] forest; grove; copse [2] [n] collection of books, works, literary extracts, etc. [3] circles; many; numerous; a great body of (capable persons, etc.) [4] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

林

This word has been viewed 26320 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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森林 sam1 lam4 sen1 lin2 = forest

樹林 syu6 lam4 shu4 lin2 = woods; forest; grove

小樹林 siu2 syu6 lam4 xiao3 shu4 lin2 = grove

山林 saan1 lam4 shan1 lin2 = mountain forest

黑森林 hak1 sam1 lam4 hei1 sen1 lin2 = Black Forest

林蔭道 lam4 jam3 dou6 = avenue; boulevard

原始森林 jyun4 ci2 sam1 lam4 yuan2 shi3 sen1 lin2 = virgin forest

叢林 cung4 lam4 cong2 lin2 = jungle

園林 jyun4 lam4 yuan2 lin2 = gardens

菲林 fei1 lam4*2 = film 粵
See all 153 compounds (CantoDict reports 157 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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你知嘛﹐林仔係特登嚟睇你㗎。粵
Young Lam has come especially to see you, you know.
[係...㗎 (or 嘅) is used to emphasize a fact.]

王先生要經廣州前往桂林。
Mr Wong wants to go to Guilin via Guangzhou.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 林
Unicode code for this character: U+6797 (off-site link)

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