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

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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

少林 siu3 lam4 shao4 lin2 = shaolin

少林寺 siu3 lam4 zi6*2 shao4 lin2 si4 = Shaolin Temple

穆斯林 muk6 si1 lam4 mu4 si1 lin2 = Muslim (transliteration via pinyin)

格林 gaak3 lam4 = Green (surname/placename transliteration)

少林拳 siu3 lam4 kyun4 = Shaolin Martial Arts

林哥 lam4 go1 = goby

林哥魚 lam4 go1 jyu4*2 = goby

桂林相思 gwai3 lam4 soeng1 si1 = red-billed leiothrix; Pekin robin

盤尼西林 pun4 nei4 sai1 lam4 pan2 ni2 xi1 lin2 = penicillin (loan word); see also 青霉素

阿司匹林 aa3 si1 pat1 lam4 a1 si1 pi3 lin2 = aspirin

沖菲林 cung1 fei1 lam4*2 = to develop film

桂林 gwai3 lam4 gui4 lin2 = Guilin, Kwai Lam

石屎森林 sek6 si2 sam1 lam4 = a concrete jungle 粵

桂林風味蝦 gwai3 lam4 fung1 mei6 haa1 = Guilin style shrimp

林業 lam4 jip6 lin2 ye4 = forest industry; forestry

林火 lam4 fo2 lin2 huo3 = forest fire

林場 lam4 coeng4 lin2 chang3 = [n] forest management area

不見森林 bat1 gin3 sam1 lam4 bu4 jian4 sen1 lin2 = fail to see the wood for the trees 國

林產品 lam4 caan2 ban2 lin2 chan3 pin3 = forest products

林海 lam4 hoi2 lin2 hai3 = an immense forest (lit., "sea of trees")

林木 lam4 muk6 lin2 mu4 = forest; woods

林子 lam4 zi2 lin2 zi5 = woods; grove; forest

植物標本林 zik6 mat6 biu1 bun2 lam4 = arboretum

灌木林 gun3 muk6 lam4 = scrubland

獨木不成林 duk6 muk6 bat1 sing4 lam4 du2 mu4 bu4 cheng2 lin2 = one person cannot handle all the tasks by himself

針葉林 zam1 jip6 lam4 = a coniferous forest

林相 lam4 soeng3 = forest form

園林樹木 jyun4 lam4 syu6 muk6 = garden plants

笑林 siu3 lam4 xiao4 lin2 = joke; humour; humor

密林 mat6 lam4 mi4 lin2 = a jungle, a dense forest; Magnum

格林美 gaak3 lam4 mei5 ge2 lin2 mei3 = Grammy (USA music award)

槍林彈雨 coeng1 lam4 daan6 jyu5 qiang1 lin2 dan4 yu3 = to be under heavy fire; surrounded by a forest of guns and hail of bullets

雨林 jyu5 lam4 yu3 lin2 = rain forest, rainforest

李施德林 lei5 si1 dak1 lam4 li3 shi1 de2 lin2 = Listerine

雀林高手 zoek3 lam4 gou1 sau2 que4 lin2 gao1 shou3 = mahjong master 粵

遠遁山林 jyun5 deon6 saan1 lam4 yuan3 dun4 shan1 lin2 = seek seclusion from society in the wooded hills

林立 lam4 lap6 lin2 li4 = packed in tightly together

奧林匹克運動會 ou3 lam4 pat1 hak1 wan6 dung6 wui6*2 = the Olympic Games

柏林 paak3 lam4 bo2 lin2 = Berlin

巴林 baa1 lam4 ba1 lin2 = Bahrain

格林納達 gaak3 lam4 naap6 daat6 ge2 lin2 na4 da2 = Grenada

聖文森特和格林納丁斯 sing3 man4 sam1 dak6 wo4 gaak3 lam4 naap6 ding1 si1 sheng4 wen2 sen1 te4 he2 ge2 lin2 nei4 ding1 si1 = Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

聖多美和普林西比 sing3 do1 mei5 wo4 pou2 lam4 sai1 bei2 sheng4 duo1 mei3 he2 pu3 lin2 xi1 bi3 = Sao Tome and Principe

克里姆林宮 hak1 lei5 mou5 lam4 gung1 = Kremlin

吉林 gat1 lam4 = Jilin (province in the central section of China's northeast region)

吉林省 gat1 lam4 saang2 ji2 lin2 sheng3 = Jilin province in north east China

桂林地區 gwai3 lam4 dei6 keoi1 gui4 lin2 di4 qu1 = Guilin district (district in Guangxi)

沙林 saa1 lam4 sha1 lin2 = sarin

柏林牆 paak3 lam4 coeng4 bo2 lin2 qiang2 = Berlin Wall

哥林多前書 go1 lam4 do1 cin4 syu1 ge1 lin2 duo1 qian2 shu1 = 1 Corinthians

哥林多後書 go1 lam4 do1 hau6 syu1 ge1 lin2 duo1 hou4 shu1 = 2 Corinthians

桌別林 zoek3 bit6 lam4 zhuo1 bie2 lin2 = (Charlie) Chaplin

林嘉欣 lam4 gaa1 jan1 lin2 jia1 xin1 = Karena Lam

都柏林 dou1 paak3 lam4 du1 bo2 lin2 = Dublin

巴林右旗 baa1 lam4 jau6 kei4 ba1 lin2 you4 qi2 = Balin youqi (place in Inner Mongolia)

巴林左旗 baa1 lam4 zo2 kei4 ba1 lin2 zuo3 qi2 = Balin zuoqi (place in Inner Mongolia)

霍林郭勒 fok3 lam4 gwok3 lak6 huo4 lin2 guo1 le4 = Huolin Gol (city in Inner Mongolia)

虎林 fu2 lam4 hu3 lin2 = Hulin (place in Heilongjiang)

海林 hoi2 lam4 hai3 lin2 = Hailin (city in Heilongjiang)

林邊鄉 lam4 bin1 hoeng1 lin2 bian1 xiang1 = Linpien (village in Taiwan)

林甸 lam4 din6 lin2 dian4 = Lindian (place in Heilongjiang)

林口 lam4 hau2 lin2 kou3 = Linkou (place in Heilongjiang)

林口鄉 lam4 hau2 hoeng1 lin2 kou3 xiang1 = Linkou (village in Taiwan)

林園鄉 lam4 jyun4 hoeng1 lin2 yuan2 xiang1 = Linyuan (village in Taiwan)

林縣 lam4 jyun6 lin2 xian4 = Lin county (county in Henan)

林內鄉 lam4 noi6 hoeng1 lin2 nei4 xiang1 = Linnei (village in Taiwan)

林西 lam4 sai1 lin2 xi1 = Linxi (place in Inner Mongolia)

林周 lam4 zau1 lin2 zhou1 = Linzhou (place in Tibet)

和林格爾 wo4 lam4 gaak3 ji5 he2 lin2 ge2 er3 = Helinge'er (place in Inner Mongolia)

榆林 jyu4 lam4 yu2 lin2 = Yulin (city in Shaanxi)

榆林地區 jyu4 lam4 dei6 keoi1 yu2 lin2 di4 qu1 = Yulin district (district in Shaanxi)

柳林 lau5 lam4 liu3 lin2 = Liulin (place in Shanxi)

南木林 naam4 muk6 lam4 nan2 mu4 lin2 = Namling (place in Tibet)

坪林鄉 ping4 lam4 hoeng1 ping2 lin2 xiang1 = Pinglin (village in Taiwan)

杉林鄉 saam1 lam4 hoeng1 shan1 lin2 xiang1 = Shanlin (village in Taiwan)

士林區 si6 lam4 keoi1 shi4 lin2 qu1 = Shihlin (area in Taiwan)

上林 soeng6 lam4 shang4 lin2 = Shanglin (place in Guangxi), Sheung Lam

寶林 bou2 lam4 = Po Lam (area in the N part of Tseung Kwan O, NT)

林村 lam4 cyun1 = Lam Tsuen (area and village in Tai Po famous for Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees)

美林 mei5 lam4 = Merrill Lynch

森林腦炎 sam1 lam4 nou5 jim4 sen1 lin2 nao3 yan2 = forest encephalitis

柏林圍牆 paak3 lam4 wai4 coeng4 = the Berlin Wall

田林 tin4 lam4 tian2 lin2 = Tianlin (place in Guangxi)

西林 sai1 lam4 xi1 lin2 = Xilin (place in Guangxi)

林堡 lam4 bou2 lin2 bao3 = Limburg

塔林 taap3 lam4 ta3 lin2 = Tallinn

哥林多 go1 lam4 do1 ge1 lin2 duo1 = Corinth

抗耐甲氧西林金葡菌 kong3 noi6 gaap3 joeng5 sai1 lam4 gam1 pou4 kwan2 kang4 nai4 jia3 yang3 xi1 lin2 jin1 pu2 jun4/1 (Taiwan/PRC) = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

北京林業大學 bak1 ging1 lam4 jip6 daai6 hok6 bei3 jing1 lin2 ye4 da4 xue2 = Beijing Forestry University

吉林大學 gat1 lam4 daai6 hok6 ji2 lin2 da4 xue2 = Jilin University

柏林工業大學 paak3 lam4 gung1 jip6 daai6 hok6 bo2 lin2 gong1 ye4 da4 xue2 = Technical University of Berlin, Germany (Technische Universitaet zu Berlin)

美林集團 mei5 lam4 zaap6 tyun4 mei3 lin2 ji2 tuan2 = Merrill Lynch

儒林 jyu4 lam4 ru2 lin2 = academic circles

武林 mou5 lam4 wu3 lin2 = martial arts society; martial arts circles

唔好為咗一棵樹,而放棄成個森林 m4 hou2 wai6 zo2 jat1 po1 syu6, ji4 fong3 hei3 seng4 go3 sam1 lam4 = don't focus on only one girl, hence give up other girls 粵

林子祥 lam4 zi2 coeng4 lin2 zi3 xiang2 = George Lam

寶芝林 bou2 zi1 lam4*2 bao3 zhi1 lin2 = Po Chi Lam

齊柏林飛船 cai4 baak3 lam4 fei1 syun4 qi2 bo2 lin2 fei1 chuan2 = Zeppelin airship

克裡姆林宮 hak1 lei5 mou5 lam4 gung1 ke4 li3 mu3 lin2 gong1 = the Kremlin

格林威治時間 gaak3 lam4 wai1 zi6 si4 gaan1*3 ge2 lin2 wei1 zhi4 shi2 jian1 = Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Universal Coordinated Time (UCT)

格林童話 gaak3 lam4 tung4 waa6*2 = Grimm's fairy tales

林敏聰 lam4 man5 cung1 lin2 min3 cong1 = Lam Man-Chung (composer and actor)

笑林廣記 siu3 lam4 gwong2 gei3 xiao4 lin2 guang3 ji4 = Xiaolin Guangji, a jokebook from the Qing Dynasty

薄扶林 bok6 fu4 lam4 = Pok Fu Lam

林峰 lam4 fung1 lin2 feng1 = Raymond Lam

普林 pou2 lam4 pu3 lin2 = purine

弈林 jik6 lam4 yi4 lin2 = the world of chess; the chess circle

儒林外史 jyu4 lam4 ngoi6 si2 ru2 lin2 wai4 shi3 = The Scholars

林書豪 lam4 syu1 hou4 lin2 shu1 hao2 = Jeremy Lin, Jeremy Shu-How Lin

山林隱逸 saan1 lam4 jan2 jat6 shan1 lin2 yin3 yi4 = retire to the seclusion of the wooded hills; live in obscurity

林憶蓮 lam4 jik1 lin4 lin2 yi4 lian2 = Sandy Lam

克林頓 hak1 lam4 deon6 ke4 lin2 dun4 = (Bill) Clinton

大林鎮 daai6 lam4 zan3 da4 lin2 zhen4 = Talin (town in Taiwan)

鳳林鎮 fung6 lam4 zan3 feng4 lin2 zhen4 = Fenglin (town in Taiwan)

二林鎮 ji6 lam4 zan3 er4 lin2 zhen4 = Erhlin (town in Taiwan)

員林鎮 jyun4 lam4 zan3 yuan2 lin2 zhen4 = Yuanlin (town in Taiwan)

蔡依林 coi3 ji1 lam4 cai4 yi1 lin2 = Jolin Tsai

優客李林 jau1 haak3 lei5 lam4 you1 ke4 li3 lin2 = Ukulele (musical artist)

林青霞 lam4 cing1 haa4 lin2 qing1 xia2 = Brigitte Lin

林凡 lam4 faan4 lin2 fan2 = Freya Lin

林鳳嬌 lam4 fung6 giu1 lin2 feng4 jiao1 = Joan Lin

林佳儀 lam4 gaai1 ji4 lin2 jia1 yi2 = Nisa Lin

林國斌 lam4 gwok3 ban1 lin2 guo2 bin1 = Ben Lam Kwok-Bun

林熙蕾 lam4 hei1 leoi5 lin2 xi1 lei3 = Kelly Lin

林曉培 lam4 hiu2 pui4 lin2 xiao3 pei2 = Shino Lin

林海峰 lam4 hoi2 fung1 lin2 hai3 feng1 = Jan Lam

林佾辰 lam4 jat6 san4 lin2 yi4 chen2 = Arvin Lin (a.k.a, Achen)

林佑威 lam4 jau6 wai1 lin2 you4 wei1 = Lin Youwei

林依晨 lam4 ji1 san4 lin2 yi1 chen3 = Ariel Lin

林榆涵 lam4 jyu4 haam4 lin2 yu2 han2 = Ring

林美貞 lam4 mei5 zing1 lin2 mei3 zhen1 = Lin Mei Zhen

林心如 lam4 sam1 jyu4 lin2 xin1 ru2 = Ruby Lin

林小樓 lam4 siu2 lau4 lin2 xiao3 lou2 = Lin Hsiao-Lou

林威 lam4 wai1 lin2 wei1 = David Lam

林韋君 lam4 wai4 gwan1 lin2 wei2 jun1 = Penny Lin

林志炫 lam4 zi3 jyun4 lin2 zhi4 xuan4 = Terry Lin

林智文 lam4 zi3 man4 lin2 zhi4 wen2 = Steven Lin

林志穎 lam4 zi3 wing6 lin2 zhi4 ying3 = Jimmy Lin

林正英 lam4 zing3 jing1 lin2 zheng4 ying1 = Lam Ching Ying

林彪 lam4 biu1 lin2 biao1 = Lin Biao (1908–1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution

林奈 lam4 noi6 lin2 nai4 = Carl Linnaeus; Carl Linné

斯大林 si1 daai6 lam4 si1 da4 lin2 = Joseph Stalin

斯佩林 si1 pui3 lam4 si1 pei4 lin2 = (Aaron) Spelling (of the Spelling Entertainment Group)

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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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