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Meaning of 林

Pinyin lín

Radical

木

Strokes

Definition

woods / forest

Usage

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林 (lín) 名 (noun) 本义: 丛聚的树木或竹子【造字法】: 会意。从二木。表示树木丛生。 1. 同本义 (forest; grove; woods) 例: 树林 (forest), 森林 (woods), 林海 (sea of woods), 林薮 (1. wooded and marshy region; 2. a place where things are clustered together) 2. 聚集在一起的同类的人或事物 (a gathering of similar people or things) 例: 书林 (a group of books), 艺林 (arts community), 碑林 (a collection of monuments), 儒林 (the scholarly community) 3. 姓 (surname) 形 (adjective) 1. 众多的样子 (various) 例: 林戈 (numerous like trees), 林立 (standing thickly, crowded like a forest) 引 (quotations) 1. 《说文》: 林，平土有丛木曰林。 (Forest is described as clusters of trees on flat land.) 2. 《尔雅·释地》: 野外谓之林。 (The wilderness is described as a forest.) 3. 《诗·小雅·白华》: 有鹤在林。 (There are cranes in the forest.) 4. 《周礼·地官·序官·林衡》: 每大林麓。 (At the foot of every large forest.) 5. 《释名》: 山中丛木曰林。林，森也。 (Trees clustered in the mountains are called forests.) 6. 晋·陶潜《桃花源记》: 忽逢桃花林，夹岸数百步。 (Suddenly encountering a peach blossom grove, along the banks for hundreds of steps.) 7. 《黔之驴》: 蔽林间窥之。 (Peeking from between the shade of the forest.) 【例】如: 竹木林 (bamboo and wood forest), 山林 (a place with mountains and woods), 深山老林 (deep mountain forest), 防护林 (protective forest), 林落 (a grove, thicket), 林浪 (crowded trees), 林麓 (forest at the foot of a mountain), 林泉 (woods and springs), 林错 (overlapping trees in the forest, indicating multitude) 2. 指野外或退隐的地方 (secluded place) 例: 林木 (referring to the secluded places in mountains and fields), 林下人 (a recluse), 林丘 (a place of retreat) 3. 泛指人或事物的会聚，汇集处 (circle) 例: 林府 (an area with many things), 林薮 (a metaphor for a gathering place of things) 4. 郊外，野外 (suburb) 例: 林坰 (wilderness, where wild areas are called "forest" and outer areas are called "mound") 5. 林业 (forestry) 例: 农林牧副渔各行各业 (agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishing are various industries) 6. 姓 (surname)

阔叶林 kuò yè lín

broad-leaved forest

针叶林 zhēn yè lín

needle-leaved forest

吉林市 Jí lín shì

Jilin prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China

啸聚山林 xiào jù shān lín

form a band and take to the greenwood / call each other to form a gang in the forest / go to the greenwood / take refuge in the forests / take to the forest

园林 yuán lín

gardens / park / landscape garden

园林式 yuán lín shì

landscape style

克里姆林宫 Kè lǐ mǔ lín Gōng

the Kremlin

批林批孔 pī lín pī kǒng

Pi Lin Pi Kong

林区 lín qū

region of forest

密林 mì lín

jungle

少林 Shào lín

the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school

嵩山少林寺 sōng shān shǎo lín sì

Songshan Shaolin Temple

奥林帕斯 ào lín pà sī

Olympus

御林军 yù lín jūn

palace guards

吉林省 Jí lín Shěng

Jilin Province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital Changchun 長春|长春[Chang2 chun1]

神农架林区 Shén nóng jià lín qū

Shennongjialin, directly administered forestry reserve in east Hubei

森林 sēn lín

forest / CL:片[pian4]

桂林市 Guì lín shì

Guilin prefecture-level city in Guangxi

普林斯顿 Pǔ lín sī dùn

Princeton, New Jersey

云杉林 yún shān lín

Spruce forest

杏林 xìng lín

forest of apricot trees / fig. honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees) / Xinglin district of Xiamen city (renamed Haicang 海沧区 in 2003)

用材林 yòng cái lín

commercial forest / timber forest

榆林 Yú lín

Yulin prefecture level city in Shaanxi

松林 sōng lín

pinery / pinewood / pinetum

松林山 sōng lín shān

Pine forest mountain

造林 zào lín

forestation

林业 lín yè

forest industry / forestry

林中 lín zhōng

Forest

树林 shù lín

woods / grove / forest

山林 shān lín

mountain forest / wooded mountain

热带雨林 rè dài yǔ lín

tropical rain forest

经济林 jīng jì lín

economic forest

如林 rú lín

Ru Lin

椰林湾 yē lín wān

Yelin Bay

椰林 yē lín

coconut grove

榆林市 Yú lín Shì

Yulin prefecture level city in Shaanxi

榆林港 yú lín gǎng

Yulin Port

林汀 lín tīng

Lin Ting

洛林 Luò lín

Lorraine (region in France)

格林斯潘 gé lín sī pān

Greenspan

混交林 hùn jiāo lín

mixed forest

农林牧渔业 nóng lín mù yú yè

Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery

巴丹吉林沙漠 bā dān jí lín shā mò

Badain Jaran Desert

灌木林 guàn mù lín

shrubbery / low wood

薪炭林 xīn tàn lín

fuelwood forest

林兆枢 lín zhào shū

Lin Zhaoshu

林皎明 lín jiǎo míng

Lin Jiaoming

矮林 ǎi lín

coppice / brushwood

碑林 Bēi lín

Forest of Steles (museum in Xi'an) / Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi

禅林 chán lín

a Buddhist temple

林巧稚 lín qiǎo zhì

Lin Qiaozhi

绿林 Lù lín

place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han / also pr. [Lu:4 lin2]

退耕还林 tuì gēng huán lín

restoring agricultural land to forest

速生丰产林 sù shēng fēng chǎn lín

fast-growing and high-yield plantation

林芝 Lín zhī

Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri, Chinese Linzhi

林芝地区 Lín zhī dì qū

Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri sa khul, Chinese Linzhi

林芝县 Lín zhī xiàn

Nyingchi county, Tibetan: Nying khri rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[Lin2 zhi1 di4 qu1], Tibet

苏林 sū lín

Soren / Sulin / Surin

上林苑 shàng lín yuàn

shanglin imperial park

茂林修竹 mào lín xiū zhú

flourishing woods and tall bamboo bushes -- an agreeable environment / thick forest and tall bamboos / deep woods and tall bamboos

林莽 lín mǎng

Lin Mang

林蛙 lín wā

wood frog

锡林郭勒盟 Xī lín guō lè méng

Xilin Gol league, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia

锡林郭勒 Xī lín guō lè