HSK 6 · Verbs

淋 lín “to drench” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 淋 means

  1. to drench
  2. to pour
  3. to drip
  4. to sprinkle

How to say 淋

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale淋lín2nd tone, rising

淋 in a sentence

  1. 别被雨淋了。

    Bié bèi yǔ lín le.

    Don’t get caught in the rain.

    Sentence #836422 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 请把淋湿的伞放到这个袋子里。

    Qǐng bǎ línshī de sǎn fàng dào zhè ge dàizi lǐ.

    Put the wet umbrella in this bag, please.

    Sentence #2394638 from Tatoeba

  3. 我要一间有淋浴的单人间。

    Wǒ yào yì jiān yǒu línyù de dānrénjiān.

    I’d like a single room with a shower, please.

    Sentence #395629 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 淋 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 淋 (lín) with each of its parts in a different colour
淋línto sprinkle
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 林forest · línSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 林 (lín) hints at the sound. Compare it with lín.

How to write 淋

淋 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

淋 (lín) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 淋 (lín). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 淋

More words: Common Verbs

扩散kuòsàn · to spread扩张kuòzhāng · to expand捞lāo · to fish out晾liàng · to dry in the air or sun领先lǐngxiān · to lead力求lìqiú · to strive to溜liū · to slip away流浪liúlàng · to wander

FAQs

淋 (lín) means “to drench” or “to pour”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lín: lín with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 淋 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 淋 from the suggestions. Typing lin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
淋 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.