淋 meaning in English

lín

to sprinkle; to drip

HSK 7-9verb11 strokes

Meaning of 淋

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lín
  1. to sprinkle
  2. to drip
  3. to pour
  4. to drench
lìn
  1. to filter
  2. to strain
  3. to drain
  4. gonorrhea
  5. (TCM) strangury

淋 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ被bèi雨yǔ淋lín成chéng了le落luò汤tāng鸡jī。
I was utterly soaked by the downpour.
请qǐng把bǎ淋lín湿shī的de伞sǎn放fàng到dào这zhè个ge袋dài子zi里lǐ。
Put the wet umbrella in this bag, please.
我wǒ当dāng时shí在zài淋lín浴yù。
I was taking a shower then.
你nǐ不bù该gāi吃chī太tài多duō冰bīng激jī淋lín和hé太tài多duō意yì大dà利lì面miàn。
You mustn't eat too much ice cream and spaghetti.
别bié被bèi雨yǔ淋lín了le。
Stay out of the rain.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

淋 lín · to sprinkle · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 淋.

冰淇淋bīngqílínice cream
淋浴línyùto take a shower; shower
血淋淋xiělínlínbloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter
淋湿línshīto get soaked
淋病lìnbìnggonorrhea; Taiwan pr. [lin2 bing4]
淋雨línyǔto get wet in the rain

Questions about 淋

What does 淋 mean?

淋 (lín) means "to sprinkle; to drip" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 淋?

淋 is made of 1 character: 淋 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 淋 an HSK word?

Yes. 淋 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.