临 meaning and pronunciation

临
Simplified character
臨
Traditional character

临 English definition

lín
  • to face
  • to overlook
  • to arrive
  • to be (just) about to
  • just before

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 亃 : mythical animal, said to have yellow body and white tail;
  • 冧 : (Cantonese) to topple; to collapse; to coax; flower bud;
  • 嶙 : ranges of hills;
  • 惏 : cold; frigid;
  • 林 : woods; forest; CL:片[pian4]; circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); a collection (of similar things);
  • 淋 : to sprinkle; to drip; to pour; to drench;
  • 潾 : clear (as of water);
  • 獜 : firefly;
  • 琳 : gem;
  • 璘 : luster of gem;
  • 痳 : hernia; urinary hesitancy; erroneous variant of 痲[ma2];
  • 瞵 : to stare at;
  • 磷 : phosphorus (chemistry);
  • 粦 : Monkey
  • 粼 : clear (as of water);
  • 辚 : rumbling of wheels;
  • 遴 : (literary) to select;
  • 邻 : neighbor; adjacent; close to;
  • 鏻 : phosphonium;
  • 霖 : continued rain;
  • 鳞 : scales (of fish);
  • 麟 : female unicorn; see 麒麟;

Words containing 临, by HSK level

滑 泛