霖 (lín): continued rain
霖 (lín) is a Chinese character meaning “continued rain.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 雨 (semantic) and 林 (phonetic). It ranks #4705 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 霖 rain. Its radical form 雨 (rain) appears in many related characters such as 雨 (yǔ, rain), 雪 (xuě, snow), 雷 (léi, thunder).
Definitions
- continued rain
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 张作霖 | zhāng zuò lín | Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928 |
| 田长霖 | tián cháng lín | Chang-lin Tien (1935–2002), Chinese-American professor, chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (1990–1997) |
| 味霖 | wèi lín | variant of 味醂 |
| 春霖 | chūn lín | spring rains |
霖 appears in 4 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
来自小红书用户 @是啊霖 一份关于思源笔记的回答也很有意思。
lái zì xiǎo hóng shū yòng hù shì a lín yī fèn guān yú sī yuán bǐ jì de huí dá yě hěn yǒu yì sī .
An answer about Siyuan Notes from Xiaohongshu user @Shi'a Lin is also quite interesting.
台湾艺人陈柏霖，当庭认罪
tái wān yì rén chén bǎi lín , dāng tíng rèn zuì
Taiwanese actor Chen Bolin pleaded guilty in court
那是郑国霖最稳固的荧幕标签，也是他至今仍被大众记住的核心原因。
nà shì zhèng guó lín zuì wěn gù de yíng mù biāo qiān , yě shì tā zhì jīn réng bèi dà zhòng jì zhù de hé xīn yuán yīn .
That is Zheng Guolin’s most enduring on-screen persona, and it is also the main reason why the public still remembers him today.
从张作霖、张学良这样的政治人物，到梅兰芳、余叔岩等梨园名家，均有直接或间接的描写。
cóng zhāng zuò lín , zhāng xué liáng zhè yàng de zhèng zhì rén wù , dào méi lán fāng , yú shū yán děng lí yuán míng jiā , jūn yǒu zhí jiē huò jiān jiē de miáo xiě .
From political figures such as Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang to renowned Peking Opera masters like Mei Lanfang and Yu Shuyan, all are depicted either directly or indirectly.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 雨 (rain) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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