HSK 6 · Places

园林 yuánlín “gardens” in Chinese

Traditional 園林

What 园林 means

  1. gardens
  2. landscaped garden
  3. park
  4. landscape garden

How to say 园林

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale园yuán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale林lín2nd tone, rising

园林 in a sentence

  1. 苏州园林很有名。

    Sūzhōu yuánlín hěn yǒumíng.

    The gardens of Suzhou are famous.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们参观了一座古代园林。

    Wǒmen cānguān le yí zuò gǔdài yuánlín.

    We visited a classical Chinese garden.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 园林 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 园 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
园yuánland used for growing plants
  • 囗enclosure · wéiMeaning part
  • 元first · yuánSound part

囗 hints at the meaning (enclosure); 元 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuán.

The character 林 (lín) with each of its parts in a different colour
林línwoods; forest
  • 木tree · mù
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 园林

园 7 strokes · 林 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 园林

Words with 园

园yuán · garden公园gōngyuán · public park花园huāyuán · garden校园xiàoyuán · campus动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo幼儿园yòu'éryuán · kindergarten

Words with 林

森林sēnlín · forest

More words: Places & Geography

现场xiànchǎng · scene巷xiàng · lane乡镇xiāngzhèn · towns and villages沿海yánhǎi · coastal中央zhōngyāng · centre州zhōu · state周边zhōubiān · surrounding住宅zhùzhái · residence

FAQs

园林 (yuánlín) means “gardens” or “landscaped garden”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yuánlín: yuán with a 2nd tone, then lín with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 园林 is written 園林. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuanlin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 园林 from the suggestions. Typing yuanlin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
园林 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.