| 1 | 鳞 | 鱗 | lín | lin2 | scales (of fish) | | |
| 2 | 鳞片 | 鱗片 | lín piàn | lin2 pian4 | scale; fish scales | | |
| 3 | 鳞喉绿啄木鸟 | 鱗喉綠啄木鳥 | lín hóu lǜ zhuó mù niǎo | lin2 hou2 lu:4 zhuo2 mu4 niao3 | (bird species of China) streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) | | |
| 4 | 鱼鳞 | 魚鱗 | yú lín | yu2 lin2 | fish scales | | |
| 5 | 一鳞半爪 | 一鱗半爪 | yī lín bàn zhuǎ | yi1 lin2 ban4 zhua3 | lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces | | |
| 6 | 胸中鳞甲 | 胸中鱗甲 | xiōng zhōng lín jiǎ | xiong1 zhong1 lin2 jia3 | treacherous plans; vicious ideas; dangerous and treacherous | | |
| 7 | 小鳞胸鹪鹛 | 小鱗胸鷦鶥 | xiǎo lín xiōng jiāo méi | xiao3 lin2 xiong1 jiao1 mei2 | (bird species of China) pygmy wren-babbler (Pnoepyga pusilla) | | |
| 8 | 鳞状细胞癌 | 鱗狀細胞癌 | lín zhuàng xì bāo ái | lin2 zhuang4 xi4 bao1 ai2 | squamous cell carcinoma | | |
| 9 | 鳞状 | 鱗狀 | lín zhuàng | lin2 zhuang4 | scaly; squamous | | |
| 10 | 鳞胸鹪鹛 | 鱗胸鷦鶥 | lín xiōng jiāo méi | lin2 xiong1 jiao1 mei2 | (bird species of China) scaly-breasted wren-babbler (Pnoepyga albiventer) | | |
| 11 | 鳞头树莺 | 鱗頭樹鶯 | lín tóu shù yīng | lin2 tou2 shu4 ying1 | (bird species of China) Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps) | | |
| 12 | 鳞伤 | 鱗傷 | lín shāng | lin2 shang1 | cuts and bruises like fish scales; terribly cut up | | |
| 13 | 鳞茎 | 鱗莖 | lín jīng | lin2 jing1 | bulb | | |
| 14 | 鳞甲 | 鱗甲 | lín jiǎ | lin2 jia3 | scale; plate of armor | | |
| 15 | 败鳞残甲 | 敗鱗殘甲 | bài lín cán jiǎ | bai4 lin2 can2 jia3 | disastrous defeat in battle (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 鳞腹绿啄木鸟 | 鱗腹綠啄木鳥 | lín fù lǜ zhuó mù niǎo | lin2 fu4 lu:4 zhuo2 mu4 niao3 | (bird species of China) scaly-bellied woodpecker (Picus squamatus) | | |
| 17 | 鳞次栉比 | 鱗次櫛比 | lín cì zhì bǐ | lin2 ci4 zhi4 bi3 | row upon row | | |
| 18 | 鳞翅目 | 鱗翅目 | lín chì mù | lin2 chi4 mu4 | Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶类 and moths 蛾类 ) | | |
| 19 | 鳞翅 | 鱗翅 | lín chì | lin2 chi4 | scaly wing; Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶类 and moths 蛾类 ) | | |
| 20 | 腹中鳞甲 | 腹中鱗甲 | fù zhōng lín jiǎ | fu4 zhong1 lin2 jia3 | vicious; treacherous (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 腹有鳞甲 | 腹有鱗甲 | fù yǒu lín jiǎ | fu4 you3 lin2 jia3 | to be treacherous (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 东鳞西爪 | 東鱗西爪 | dōng lín xī zhǎo | dong1 lin2 xi1 zhao3 | lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west; odds and ends (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 大鳞大马哈鱼 | 大鱗大馬哈魚 | dà lín dá mǎ hǎ yú | da4 lin2 da2 ma3 ha3 yu2 | see 大鳞大麻哈鱼 | | |
| 24 | 大鳞大麻哈鱼 | 大鱗大麻哈魚 | dà lín dá má hǎ yú | da4 lin2 da2 ma2 ha3 yu2 | king salmon; Chinook salmon | | |
| 25 | 遍体鳞伤 | 遍體鱗傷 | biàn tǐ lín shāng | bian4 ti3 lin2 shang1 | covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue; be a mass of bruises | | |