臨

临

臨

🔊 lín = li + (e)n2

to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before

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How to pronounce 臨

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

lín

= li initial

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

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+ (e)n2 final

In the encampment’s kitchen.

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臨 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

• 臨
  • 臥
    • 臣
      • 巨
      • 丨
    • 人
      • 丿
      • ㇏
  • 品
    • 口

Component Translations

卧

臥

🔊 wò = w + o4

to lie / to crouch

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品

🔊 pǐn = pi + (e)n3

(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)

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