Pinyin "lin2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "lin2" is split up into two parts: "li" and "(e)n2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "li"

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)n2"

In the encampment's kitchen.

Characters pronounced lin2

woods / forest / CL:片[pian4] / circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / a collection (of similar things)

= : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to plant a small forest (林) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). She already put up two Christmas trees (木).
surname Lin / Japanese surname Hayashi
to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before

= + + + : In the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), the robot (大) oversees (临) his army by standing on a huge wooden box (囗). The box is only able to carry his weight because it has been reinforced using a dinosaur bone (丨) acting as a pillar. Just as the robot is about to (临) wave his kitchen knife (刂) into the direction his troops should charge, Li Qingzhao (li) shows up and kicks away the dinosaur bone, causing the robot to fall off his box.
neighbor / adjacent / close to

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) just entered the encampment ((e)n2) and sees that her new neighbour (邻) is the Imperator (阝). The Imperator tells her that since he is the imperator, she will have to listen to him how to tend her garden. After listening for a while Li Qingzhao pulls out her name tag (令) and shows the imperator that she is a representative of the emperor, so that the imperator has no power over her.
variant of 鄰|邻[lin2]

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) just entered the encampment ((e)n2) and sees that her new neighbour (邻) is the Imperator (阝). The Imperator tells her that since he is the imperator, she will have to listen to him how to tend her garden. After listening for a while Li Qingzhao pulls out her name tag (令) and shows the imperator that she is a representative of the emperor, so that the imperator has no power over her.
to sprinkle / to drip / to pour / to drench

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) is watering the forest (林) just inside the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) by sprinkling (淋) water out of a water bottle (氵).
variant of 磷[lin2]
variant of 麟[lin2]
female unicorn / see 麒麟
continued rain
scales (of fish)
variant of 磷[lin2]
phosphorus (chemistry)
(literary) to select
surname Lin