| 林 | lín | woods; forest; CL:片; circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); a collection (of similar things); surname Lin |
| 森林 | sēn lín | forest; CL:片 |
| 造林 | zào lín | forestation |
| 林木 | lín mù | forest; forest tree |
| 林业 | lín yè | forest industry; forestry |
| 斯大林 | Sī dà lín | Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator |
| 吉林 | Jí lín | Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 长春; also Jilin prefecture level city, Jilin province |
| 林区 | lín qū | region of forest |
| 树林 | shù lín | woods; grove; forest; Shulin city in Taipei county 台北县, Taiwan |
| 柏林 | Bó lín | Berlin, capital of Germany |
| 桂林 | Guì lín | Guilin prefecture level city in Guangxi; Zhuang: Gveilinz |
| 林地 | lín dì | woodland |
| 穆斯林 | mù sī lín | Muslim |
| 林场 | lín chǎng | forestry station; forest management area |
| 竹林 | zhú lín | bamboo forest |
| 绿林 | lǜ lín | green wood; place name in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han |
| 林立 | lín lì | to stand in great numbers |
| 混交林 | hùn jiāo lín | mixed forest |
| 园林 | yuán lín | gardens; park; landscape garden |
| 儒林外史 | Rú lín Wài shǐ | The Scholars, Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吴敬梓, an extended satire on the Imperial Examination system |
| 针叶林 | zhēn yè lín | needle-leaved forest |
| 玉林 | Yù lín | Yulin prefecture level city in Guangxi |
| 丛林 | cóng lín | jungle; thicket; forest; Buddhist monastery |
| 次生林 | cì shēng lín | secondary growth of forest |
| 林子 | lín zi | woods; grove; forest |
| 林卡 | lín kǎ | transliteration of Tibetan lingka: garden |
| 林学 | lín xué | forestry |
| 翰林 | Hàn lín | refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院 |
| 克里姆林宫 | Kè lǐ mǔ lín Gōng | the Kremlin |
| 凡士林 | fán shì lín | vaseline |
| 大林 | Dà lín | Dalin or Talin town in Chiayi county 嘉义县, west Taiwan |
| 笑林 | xiào lín | Humor; Jokes |
| 林县 | Lín xiàn | Lin county in Henan |
| 洛林 | Luò lín | Lorraine (region in France) |
| 反杜林论 | fǎn dù lín lùn | Anti-Dühring |
| 巴林 | Bā lín | Bahrain |
| 热带雨林 | rè dài yǔ lín | tropical rain forest |
| 士林 | Shì lín | Shilin or Shihlin district of Taipei City 台北市, Taiwan |
| 上林 | Shàng lín | Shanglin county in Nanning 南宁, Guangxi |
| 格林 | Gé lín | Green or Greene (name) |
| 红树林 | hóng shù lín | mangrove forest or swamp |
| 罗布林卡 | Luó bù lín kǎ | Norbulingka (Tibetan: precious garden), summer residence of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet |
| 翰林学士 | Hàn lín xué shì | members of the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院, employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards |
| 梅林 | Méi lín | Merlin |
| 上林县 | Shàng lín xiàn | Shanglin county in Nanning 南宁, Guangxi |
| 二林 | Èr lín | Erhlin town in Changhua county 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 二林镇 | Èr lín zhèn | Erhlin town in Changhua county 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 布雷顿森林 | Bù léi dùn sēn lín | Bretton woods conference in 1944 of allied powers, regulating world exchange rates and setting up IMF and world bank |
| 克林姆 | kè lín mǔ | (loanword) cream |
| 克林姆酱 | kè lín mǔ jiàng | pastry cream; crème pâtissière |
