| 1 | 森林 | 森林 | sēn lín | sen1 lin2 | forest; Classifiers: 片 | | |
| 2 | 林 | 林 | lín | Lin2 | woods; forest; Classifiers: 片 [pian4]; circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); a collection (of similar things); surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi | | |
| 3 | 林彪 | 林彪 | lín biāo | Lin2 Biao1 | Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution | | |
| 4 | 斯大林 | 斯大林 | sī dà lín | Si1 da4 lin2 | Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator | | |
| 5 | 树林 | 樹林 | shù lín | Shu4 lin2 | woods; grove; forest; Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市 , Taiwan | | |
| 6 | 林业 | 林業 | lín yè | lin2 ye4 | forest industry; forestry | | |
| 7 | 造林 | 造林 | zào lín | zao4 lin2 | forestation | | |
| 8 | 林木 | 林木 | lín mù | lin2 mu4 | forest; forest tree | | |
| 9 | 桂林 | 桂林 | guì lín | Gui4 lin2 | Guilin prefecture-level city in Guangxi | | |
| 10 | 林子 | 林子 | lín zi | lin2 zi5 | woods; grove; forest | | |
| 11 | 林场 | 林場 | lín chǎng | lin2 chang3 | forestry station; forest management area | | |
| 12 | 林区 | 林區 | lín qū | lin2 qu1 | region of forest | | |
| 13 | 密林 | 密林 | mì lín | mi4 lin2 | jungle | | |
| 14 | 吉林 | 吉林 | jí lín | Ji2 lin2 | Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉 , capital 长春 ; also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province | | |
| 15 | 穆斯林 | 穆斯林 | mù sī lín | Mu4 si1 lin2 | Muslim | | |
| 16 | 林则徐 | 林則徐 | lín zé xú | Lin2 Ze2 xu2 | Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842 | | |
| 17 | 丛林 | 叢林 | cóng lín | cong2 lin2 | jungle; thicket; forest; Buddhist monastery | | |
| 18 | 柏林 | 柏林 | bó lín | Bo2 lin2 | Berlin, capital of Germany | | |
| 19 | 竹林 | 竹林 | zhú lín | zhu2 lin2 | bamboo forest | | |
| 20 | 林立 | 林立 | lín lì | lin2 li4 | to stand in great numbers | | |
| 21 | 热带雨林 | 熱帶雨林 | rè dài yǔ lín | re4 dai4 yu3 lin2 | tropical rain forest | | |
| 22 | 林地 | 林地 | lín dì | lin2 di4 | woodland | | |
| 23 | 茂林 | 茂林 | mào lín | Mao4 lin2 | Maolin township in Kaohsiung county 高雄县 , southwest Taiwan | | |
| 24 | 三北防护林 | 三北防護林 | sān běi fáng hù lín | San1 bei3 Fang2 hu4 lin2 | Green Wall of China, a massive afforestation program on the eastern margin of the Gobi Desert aimed at stopping the desert's expansion, started in 1978 and planned to be completed by 2050 | | |
| 25 | 林琴南 | 林琴南 | lín qín nán | Lin2 Qin2 nan2 | courtesy name of Lin Shu 林纾 | | |