Pinyin "lin4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "lin4" is split up into two parts: "li" and "(e)n4". 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)n4"

In the encampment's bathroom.

Characters pronounced lin4

淋
lìn = li + (e)n4
to filter / to strain / to drain / gonorrhea / (TCM) strangury
淋 = 林 + 氵 : Li Qingzhao (li) is suffering from gonorrhea (淋) and strangury (淋). She is frequently visiting the woods (林) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) and afterwards she is using a bottle of water (氵) to clean herself since she can't use paper anymore.
赁
賃
lìn = li + (e)n4
to rent
赁 = 任 + 贝 : Li Qingzhao (li) rented (赁) a crab (贝) to clear out the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), but she also got a heap of paper (任) she has to go through in order to know how to handle the crab.
膦
lìn = li + (e)n4
phosphine
蔺
藺
lìn = li + (e)n4
juncus effusus
蔺
藺
lìn = li + (e)n4
surname Lin
吝
恡
lìn = li + (e)n4
variant of 吝[lin4]
吝 = 口 + 文 : Li Qingzhao (li) ate a mandarin (口) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), but it had a stingy (吝) taste to it. Later that day she reads in a thick book (文) that it means the mandarin was infected by deadly bacteria.
吝
lìn = li + (e)n4
stingy
吝 = 口 + 文 : Li Qingzhao (li) ate a mandarin (口) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), but it had a stingy (吝) taste to it. Later that day she reads in a thick book (文) that it means the mandarin was infected by deadly bacteria.
躏
躪
lìn = li + (e)n4
to trample down / to oppress / to overrun / see 蹂躪|蹂躏[rou2 lin4]
躙
lìn = li + (e)n4
variant of 躪|躏, to trample down / to oppress / to overrun
lìn = li + (e)n4
(Minnan dialect) male genitals / penis