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林 (lam4) — circles; many; numerous; a great body of (capable persons, etc.) in Cantonese

lamˎ₄林
Mandarin Pinyin: lin2

Meaning of 林

nouncircles; many; numerous; a great body of (capable persons, etc.)
nounforest; grove; copse
nouncollection of books, works, literary extracts, etc.
nouna Chinese family name
noun(noun) Chinese surname

Example Sentences with 林

王先生要經廣州前往桂林。
Mr Wong wants to go to Guilin via Guangzhou.
neiˏ₅你ziˉ¹知maa3,嘛﹐lamˊ²林zaiˊ²仔haiˍ₆係dakˍ₆特dangˉ¹登laiˎ₄嚟taiˊ²睇neiˏ₅你gaa˗₃㗎。
Young Lam has come especially to see you, you know.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有zamˉ¹針jipˍ₆葉lamˎ₄林
There is a coniferous forest here.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度haiˍ₆係zamˉ¹針jipˍ₆葉lamˎ₄林
This is a coniferous forest.
japˍ₆入zamˉ¹針jipˍ₆葉lamˎ₄林
Enter the coniferous forest.
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Words Containing 林

獨木不成林duk6 muk6 bat1 sing4 lam4
one person cannot handle all the tasks by himself. (lit. one tree does not make a forest)
樹林syu6 lam4
woods; forest; grove
林海lam4 hoi2
an immense forest (lit., "sea of trees")
林火lam4 fo2
forest fire
林書豪lam4 syu1 hou4
Jeremy Lin, Jeremy Shu-How Lin
原始森林jyun4 ci2 sam1 lam4
virgin forest
盤尼西林pun4 nei4 sai1 lam4
penicillin (loan word); see also 青霉素
園林jyun4 lam4
gardens; park; landscaped garden
桂林風味蝦gwai3 lam4 fung1 mei6 haa1
Guilin style shrimp
彩色菲林coi2 sik1 fei1 lam2
color film (for cameras)
林業lam4 jip6
forest industry; forestry
密林mat6 lam4
a jungle; a dense forest [Syn.] 叢林

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