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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
lín - to sprinkle
- to drip
- to pour
- to drench
lìn - to filter
- to strain
- to drain
- gonorrhea
- (TCM) strangury

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 8 7,021 7,881 4,498

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Water

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
冰淇淋 - - 3,738 13,084 6,079
6 8 7,021 7,881 4,498
淋浴 - - 9,118 23,008 13,992
淋病 - - 15,276 38,035 42,034
血淋淋 - - 17,851 28,196 18,805
淋巴 - - 18,034 11,521 17,604
淋漓尽致 - - 22,488 14,357 13,903
大汗淋漓 - - 25,976 35,694 27,232
淋巴结 - - 29,510 8,965 48,054
淋巴细胞 - - 33,181 10,120 58,668
淋漓 - - 37,403 28,344 21,652
酣畅淋漓 - - 42,902 34,717 27,363
淋巴腺 - - 57,094 95,405 61,598
痛快淋漓 - - 62,204 64,508 52,840
日晒雨淋 - - 67,361 71,018 67,998
水淋淋 - - 96,578 94,542 104,052