林 (lín) — forest, woods (used in compound words); a circle, group, or collection (of people or literary works); a surname
Definition
林 (lín) is a bound morpheme — it almost never stands alone, but forms the 'forest / woods' half of compounds like 森林 and 树林, and the 'community / circle' sense in words like 武林 ('martial arts world') or 词林 ('lexicon').
bound form
forestwoods (used in compound words)a circlegroupor collection (of people or literary works)a surname
Examples
- 。Zhè piàn sēn lín fù gài le shàng wàn mǔ tǔ dì.This forest covers over ten thousand mu of land.
- 。Tā zài wǔ lín zhōng hěn yǒu shēng wàng.He is very prestigious in the martial arts world.
- 林。Zhè xiàng yán jiū dé dào le lín jiào shòu de dà lì zhī chí.This research received strong support from Professor Lin.
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