"lin" meaning in Chinese

See lin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /liːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /liːn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: lin¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], līn [Cantonese, Yale], lin¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lin¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Romanisation of 𢆡 (nin¹). Etymology templates: {{m|yue|𢆡|t=|tr=}} 𢆡 (nin¹), {{yue-etym-rom|𢆡}} Romanisation of 𢆡 (nin¹). Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} lin
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Nonstandard form of 𢆡 (“nipple”). Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: 𢆡 (extra: nipple)

Download JSON data for lin meaning in Chinese (1.5kB)

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