临 — Chinese character
临
lín
to draw near, to approach; to descend
- Pinyin
- lín
- Radical
- 2 ⼁ (Line)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 丨
- Traditional
- 臨
Common words with 临
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 面临 (面臨) | miàn lín | to face sth; to be confronted with |
| 临时 (臨時) | lín shí | as the time draws near; at the last moment |
| 临床 (臨床) | lín chuáng | (medicine) clinical |
| 来临 (來臨) | lái lín | to approach; to come closer |
| 降临 (降臨) | jiàng lín | to descend; to arrive |
| 临近 (臨近) | lín jìn | to approach; to draw near; to be close to (in space or time) |
| 濒临 (瀕臨) | bīn lín | on the edge of; (fig.) on the verge of |
| 光临 (光臨) | guāng lín | (formal) to honor with one's presence; to attend |
| 临界 (臨界) | lín jiè | critical; boundary |
| 临终 (臨終) | lín zhōng | approaching death; on one's deathbed |
| 莅临 (蒞臨) | lì lín | to arrive (esp. of notable person); to visit (more formal than 光临 (guāng lín)) |
| 临时工 (臨時工) | lín shí gōng | temporary worker; temp; temporary work |
English words written with 临
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.