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临

Traditional: 臨

lín

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

lín · lam4 (Jyutping)

  1. to face
  2. to overlook
  3. to arrive
  4. to be (just) about to
  5. just before

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

临

Meaning
draw near, approach; descend
Radical
丨
Strokes
9
Components
⿰⿰?丨?
Cangjie
LLOA
Four-corner
2806

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