| 麟 | lín | female unicorn; see 麒麟 |
| 汤玉麟 | Tāng Yù lín | Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德, mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth |
| 章炳麟 | Zhāng Bǐng lín | Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution |
| 萨摩麟 | Sà mó lín | Samotherium (early giraffe) |
| 谭咏麟 | Tán Yǒng lín | Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor |
| 骐麟 | qí lín | variant of 麒麟; qilin (mythical Chinese animal); kylin; Chinese unicorn; commonly mistranslated as giraffe |
| 凤毛麟角 | fèng máo lín jiǎo | lit. phoenix feather and unicorn horn, fig. an extremely rare object (idiom) |
| 麒麟 | qí lín | qilin (mythical Chinese animal); kylin; Chinese unicorn; commonly mistranslated as giraffe |
| 麒麟区 | Qí lín qū | Qilin district, Qujing city, Yunnan |
| 麒麟座 | qí lín zuò | Monoceros (constellation) |
| 麒麟菜 | qí lín cài | eucheuma, type of red algae used in Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| 麟洛 | Lín luò | Linlo township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
| 麟洛乡 | Lín luò xiāng | Linlo township in Pingtung county 屏东县, Taiwan |
| 麟经 | Lín jīng | another name for the Spring and Autumn annals 春秋 |
| 麟角凤觜 | lín jiǎo fèng zuǐ | lit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom); fig. rara avis; rarity |
| 麟游 | Lín yóu | Linyou county in Bǎojī 宝鸡, Shǎnxī |
| 麟游县 | Lín yóu xiàn | Linyou county in Bǎojī 宝鸡, Shǎnxī |
