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林
lín
Main
English Definitionwoods; forest; circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); a collection (of similar things); (Chinese surname); Japanese surname Hayashi
Simplified Script林
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinlín
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)lam4
Part of Speech(名) noun
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林业局línyè júforestry bureau
林木línmùforest; forest tree
林立línlìto stand in great numbers
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森林sēnlínforest
树林shùlínwoods; grove; forest; Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
园林yuánlíngardens; park; landscape garden
武林wǔlínmartial arts (social) circles
吉林jílínJilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 长春; also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province
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