| 1 | 麒麟阁 | 麒麟閣 | qí lín gé | Qi2 lin2 Ge2 | Qilin Pavilion, located in the Weiyang Palace, a hall decorated with portraits of famous officials | | |
| 2 | 麒麟殿 | 麒麟殿 | qí lín diàn | Qi2 lin2 Dian4 | see 麒麟阁 | | |
| 3 | 麒麟菜 | 麒麟菜 | qí lín cài | qi2 lin2 cai4 | eucheuma, a type of red algae (used in TCM) | | |
| 4 | 章炳麟 | 章炳麟 | zhāng bǐng lín | Zhang1 Bing3 lin2 | Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution | | |
| 5 | 天上石麟 | 天上石麟 | tiān shàng shí lín | tian1 shang4 shi2 lin2 | One's natural genius is surpassing. (idiom) | | |
| 6 | 汤玉麟 | 湯玉麟 | tāng yù lín | Tang1 Yu4 lin2 | Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德 , mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth | | |
| 7 | 谭咏麟 | 譚詠麟 | tán yǒng lín | Tan2 Yong3 lin2 | Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor | | |
| 8 | 萨摩麟 | 薩摩麟 | sà mó lín | Sa4 mo2 lin2 | Samotherium (early giraffe) | | |
| 9 | 麒麟座 | 麒麟座 | qí lín zuò | Qi2 lin2 zuo4 | Monoceros (constellation) | | |
| 10 | 麒麟区 | 麒麟區 | qí lín qū | Qi2 lin2 qu1 | Qilin district, Qujing city, Yunnan | | |
| 11 | 凤毛麟角 | 鳳毛麟角 | fèng máo lín jiǎo | feng4 mao2 lin2 jiao3 | lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between | | |
| 12 | 骐麟 | 騏驎 | qí lín | qi2 lin2 | qilin (mythical Chinese animal); kylin; Chinese unicorn; commonly mistranslated as giraffe; variant of 麒麟 ; qilin (mythical Chinese animal); kylin; Chinese unicorn; commonly mistranslated as giraffe | | |
| 13 | 麟游县 | 麟遊縣 | lín yóu xiàn | Lin2 you2 Xian4 | Linyou County in Baoji 宝鸡 , Shaanxi | | |
| 14 | 麟游 | 麟遊 | lín yóu | Lin2 you2 | Linyou County in Baoji 宝鸡 , Shaanxi | | |
| 15 | 麟洛乡 | 麟洛鄉 | lín luò xiāng | Lin2 luo4 xiang1 | Linlo township in Pingtung County 屏东县 , Taiwan | | |
| 16 | 麟洛 | 麟洛 | lín luò | Lin2 luo4 | Linlo township in Pingtung County 屏东县 , Taiwan | | |
| 17 | 麟经 | 麟經 | lín jīng | Lin2 jing1 | another name for the Spring and Autumn annals 春秋 | | |
| 18 | 麟角凤觜 | 麟角鳳觜 | lín jiǎo fèng zuǐ | lin2 jiao3 feng4 zui3 | lit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom); fig. rara avis; rarity | | |
| 19 | 麟凤龟龙 | 麟鳳龜龍 | lín fèng guī lóng | lin2 feng4 gui1 long2 | Qilin, phoenix, tortoise, and dragon | | |
| 20 | 麟 | 麐 | lín | lin2 | female unicorn; see 麒麟 ; variant of 麟 | | |