Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- lín
English
- long spell of rain, copious rain
- continued rain
- character commonly used in names
粵語
- 經常用嚟做名嘅字，本義係唔停嘅雨
As a component in
Words containing 霖
- 霖雨lam4 jyu5
get wet in the rain; continuous heavy rain
- 張作霖zoeng1 zok3 lam4
Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
- 味霖mei6 lam4
variant of 味醂[wei4 lin2]
- 春霖ceon1 lam4
spring rains
- 鈴鈴霖霖ling4 ling1 lam4 lam3
hurriedly; quickly [colloquial]
- 鈴鈴霖霖ling4 ling1 lam4 lam3
hurriedly; quickly [colloquial]
- 大霖頭daai6 lam4 tau4
- 田長霖tin4 coeng4 lam4
Chang-lin Tien (1935–2002), Chinese-American professor, chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (1990–1997)