| 林 | lín | woods; forest; CL:片; circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); a collection (of similar things); surname Lin |
| 林木 | lín mù | forest; forest tree |
| 林业 | lín yè | forest industry; forestry |
| 林区 | lín qū | region of forest |
| 林地 | lín dì | woodland |
| 林场 | lín chǎng | forestry station; forest management area |
| 林立 | lín lì | to stand in great numbers |
| 林子 | lín zi | woods; grove; forest |
| 林卡 | lín kǎ | transliteration of Tibetan lingka: garden |
| 林学 | lín xué | forestry |
| 林县 | Lín xiàn | Lin county in Henan |
| 林克平大学 | Lín kè píng dà xué | Linköping university, Sweden |
| 林内 | Lín nèi | Linnei township in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
| 林内乡 | Lín nèi xiāng | Linnei township in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
| 林则徐 | Lín Zé xú | Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842 |
| 林口 | Lín kǒu | Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang; Linkou township in Taipei county 台北县, Taiwan |
| 林口县 | Lín kǒu xiàn | Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang |
| 林口乡 | Lín kǒu xiāng | Linkou township in Taipei county 台北县, Taiwan |
| 林可霉素 | lín kě méi sù | lincomycin |
| 林周 | Lín zhōu | Lhünzhub county, Tibetan: Lhun grub rdzong in Lhasa 拉萨, Tibet |
| 林周县 | Lín zhōu xiàn | Lhünzhub county, Tibetan: Lhun grub rdzong in Lhasa 拉萨, Tibet |
| 林园 | Lín yuán | Linyuan township in Kaohsiung county 高雄县, southwest Taiwan |
| 林园乡 | Lín yuán xiāng | Linyuan township in Kaohsiung county 高雄县, southwest Taiwan |
| 林堡 | lín bǎo | Limburg |
| 林壑 | lín hè | woods and ravines; tranquillity of trees and valleys |
| 林奈 | lín nài | Carl Linnaeus; Carl Linné |
| 林家翘 | Lín Jiā qiáo | Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician |
| 林州 | Lín zhōu | Linzhou county level city in Anyang 安阳, Henan |
| 林州市 | Lín zhōu shì | Linzhou county level city in Anyang 安阳, Henan |
| 林彪 | Lín Biāo | Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution |
| 林德布拉德 | Lín dé bù lā dé | Lindeblatt (name) |
| 林心如 | lín xīn rú | Ruby Lin (1976-), Taiwanese actress and pop singer |
| 林恢复 | lín huī fù | forest restoration |
| 林忆莲 | Lín Yì lián | Sandy Lam |
| 林旭 | Lín Xù | Lin Xu, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 |
| 林村 | Lín Cūn | Lam Tsuen |
| 林森 | Lín Sēn | Lin Sen (1868-1943), revolutionary politician, colleague of Sun Yat-sen, chairman of the Chinese nationalist government (1928-1932) |
| 林冲 | Lín Chōng | Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin |
| 林火 | lín huǒ | forest fire |
| 林甸 | Lín diàn | Lindian county in Daqing 大庆, Heilongjiang |
| 林甸县 | Lín diàn xiàn | Lindian county in Daqing 大庆, Heilongjiang |
| 林纾 | Lín Shū | Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into classical Chinese |
| 林肯 | Lín kěn | Lincoln (name); Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), US president 1861-1865; Lincoln, US car make |
| 林肯郡 | Lín kěn jùn | Lincolnshire (English county) |
| 林芝 | Lín zhī | Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri, Chinese Linzhi |
| 林芝地区 | Lín zhī dì qū | Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri sa khul, Chinese Linzhi |
| 林芝县 | Lín zhī xiàn | Nyingchi county, Tibetan: Nying khri rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地区, Tibet |
| 林茨 | Lín cí | Linz (city in Austria) |
| 林荫大道 | lín yīn dà dào | boulevard; tree-lined avenue; CL:条 |
| 林荫道 | lín yìn dào | boulevard; avenue; parkway; mall |
