Chinese symbol for “befall”
临头
lín tóu
Traditional: 臨頭
to befall; to be imminent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for befall is 临头 (lín tóu), defined as: to befall; to be imminent.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “befall”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 临头.
| 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) |
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
See also: Japanese symbol for “befall”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.