臨

Simplified: 临

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

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lín ㄌㄧㄣˊ

- to face
- to overlook
- to arrive
- to be (just) about to
- just before

Other words read lín

In the same tone

林 lín woods
鄰 lín neighbor
鱗 lín scales
磷 lín phosphorus
琳 lín gem

All 21 words read lín

lin with other tones

拎 līn lift up
凜 lǐn cold
賃 lìn rent
廩 lǐn government granary
懍 lǐn fear

All 34 words read lin in any tone

How 臨 is written

部首 radical: 臣
笔画 strokes: 17, with 11 after the 部首

Words with 臨

Starting with 臨

臨時 línshí temporary
臨床 línchuáng clinical
臨近 línjìn approach
臨死 línsǐ facing death
臨走 línzǒu before leaving

All 98 words starting with 臨

Ending with 臨

面臨 miànlín face sth
來臨 láilín approach
降臨 jiànglín descend
親臨 qīnlín personally attend
瀕臨 bīnlín close to

All 21 words ending with 臨

Containing 臨

居高臨下 jūgāolínxià lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below
事到臨頭 shìdàolíntóu when things come to a head
大難臨頭 dànànlíntóu disaster is looming
兵臨城下 bīnglínchéngxià soldiers at the city walls
身臨其境 shēnlínqíjìng actually *be* there

All 21 words containing 臨

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