淋 (lín): to sprinkle, to drip, to pour
淋 (lín) is a Chinese character meaning “to sprinkle.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 林 (phonetic). It ranks #2120 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 淋 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to sprinkle
- to drip
- to pour
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冰淇淋noun | bīng qí lín | ice cream |
| 淋浴verb | lín yù | to take a shower |
| 淋病noun | lìn bìng | gonorrhea |
| 血淋淋adjective | xiě lín lín | bloody |
| 淋巴noun | lín bā | (physiology) (loanword) lymph |
| 淋漓尽致phrase | lín lí jìn zhì | lit. extreme saturation (idiom) |
| 大汗淋漓phrase | dà hàn lín lí | dripping with sweat |
| 淋巴结noun | lín bā jié | lymph node |
| 淋巴细胞noun | lín bā xì bāo | lymphocyte |
| 淋漓adjective | lín lí | dripping wet |
| 酣畅淋漓phrase | hān chàng lín lí | to one's heart's content (idiom) |
| 淋巴腺noun | lín bā xiàn | lymph node |
| 痛快淋漓phrase | tòng kuài lín lí | joyous |
| 日晒雨淋phrase | rì shài yǔ lín | lit. exposed to sun and rain (idiom) |
| 水淋淋 | shuǐ lín lín | dripping wet |
淋 appears in 33 compound words: 55 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 24 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 淋 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (8)
to one's heart's content; expressing something fully; fully and delightedly; in a flowing and lucid style
to one's heart's content; expressing something fully; fully and delightedly; in a flowing and lucid style
Example Sentences
这条淋流经三个省份，滋养了沿岸的农田。
zhè tiáo lín liú jīng sān gě shěng fèn , zī yǎng le yán àn de nóng tián .
This river flows through three provinces, nourishing the farmland along its banks.
吴中纯淋巴癌走了!好友忆去年两人看刘德华电影 她...
wú zhōng chún lín bā ái zǒu le ! hǎo yǒu yì qù nián liǎng rén kàn liú dé huá diàn yǐng tā . . .
Wu Zhongchun lymphoma is gone! Friends recalled that last year, the two watched Andy Lau's movie She...
吴中纯罹淋巴癌不到1个月病逝!名嘴曝真实案例“3天...
wú zhōng chún 罹 lín bā ái bù dào 1 gè yuè bìng shì ! míng zuǐ pù zhēn shí àn lì 3 tiān . . .
Wu Zhongchun died of lymphoma less than 1 month ago! Celebrities exposed real cases "3 days...
Palvella报告淋巴管畸形凝胶第三期试验结果呈阳性
P a l v e l l a bào gào lín bā guǎn jī xíng níng jiāo dì sān qī shì yàn jié guǒ chéng yáng xìng
Palvela reported positive results from the phase III trial of lymphangiomalformations gel
暴雨致巴士司机改道 10嵗女生被迫淋雨回家
bào yǔ zhì bā shì sī jī gǎi dào 1 0 嵗 nǚ shēng bèi pò lín yǔ huí jiā
Heavy rain caused bus driver to divert 10-year-old girl forced to go home in the rain
...假后“性病筛检增3成” 泌尿医曝观察:染淋病、披衣菌最常见
. . . jiǎ hòu xìng bìng shāi jiǎn zēng 3 chéng mì niào yī pù guàn chá : rǎn lín bìng , pī yī jūn zuì cháng jiàn
... After the holiday, "STD screening increased by 30%" Urologist exposure observation: gonorrhea and chlamydia are the most common
珍想要一个冰淇淋甜筒。
Zhēn xiǎngyào yī gè bīngqílín tiántǒng.
Jane wanted an ice cream cone.
这个淋浴的莲蓬头太低了。
Zhège línyù de liánpengtóu tài dī le.
The shower head in this shower is too low.
我吃了黑芝麻冰淇淋。
Wǒ chī le hēi zhīma bīngqílín.
I ate black sesame ice cream.
有带马桶和淋浴的房间吗？
Yǒu dài mǎtǒng hé línyù de fángjiān ma?
Do you have any rooms with a shower and toilet?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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