临 (臨) lín

  1. lín verb to face; to overlook
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 面对 (CC-CEDICT '臨'; Guoyu '臨' v 1; Kroll 2015 '臨' 1, p. 273)
  2. lín verb to watch; to look; to look down
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 视 (Kroll 2015 '臨' 1a, p. 273)
  3. lín verb to monitor; to oversee; to supervise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 监视 (Kroll 2015 '臨' 2, p. 273)
  4. lín verb to meet
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 碰上 or 逢着 (Guoyu '臨' v 4)
  5. lín verb to arrive
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 到 or 至 (CC-CEDICT '臨'; Guoyu '臨' v 1)
  6. lín noun a weapon used to shoot down at defenders
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '臨' 6, p. 273)
  7. lín verb to copy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '臨' v 5; Kroll 2015 '臨' 4, p. 273)
  8. lín verb to govern; to administer; to control
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 治理, 管理, or 统治 (Guoyu '臨' v 6)
  9. lín verb to be about to; to be near; to approach
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 靠近 or 逼近 (CC-CEDICT '臨'; Guoyu '臨' v 3; Kroll 2015 '臨' 3, p. 273)
  10. lìn verb to pay respects to the deceased
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '臨' lìn, p. 273)
  11. lín proper noun Overseeing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Name of a hexagram in the Yijing (Guoyu '臨' n; Kroll 2015 '臨' 5, p. 273)
  12. lín verb to shine on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '臨' v 7)
  13. lín verb to give; to add
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '臨' v 8)
  14. lín proper noun Lin
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '臨' n 2)

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