| 1 | 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 | | |
| 2 | 林彪 | 林彪 | lín biāo | Lin2 Biao1 | Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution | | |
| 3 | 林业 | 林業 | lín yè | lin2 ye4 | forest industry; forestry | | |
| 4 | 林木 | 林木 | lín mù | lin2 mu4 | forest; forest tree | | |
| 5 | 林子 | 林子 | lín zi | lin2 zi5 | woods; grove; forest | | |
| 6 | 林场 | 林場 | lín chǎng | lin2 chang3 | forestry station; forest management area | | |
| 7 | 林区 | 林區 | lín qū | lin2 qu1 | region of forest | | |
| 8 | 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 | | |
| 9 | 林立 | 林立 | lín lì | lin2 li4 | to stand in great numbers | | |
| 10 | 林地 | 林地 | lín dì | lin2 di4 | woodland | | |
| 11 | 林语堂 | 林語堂 | lín yǔ táng | Lin2 Yu3 tang2 | Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor | | |
| 12 | 林琴南 | 林琴南 | lín qín nán | Lin2 Qin2 nan2 | courtesy name of Lin Shu 林纾 | | |
| 13 | 林子大了,什么鸟都有 | 林子大了,什麼鳥都有 | lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu | lin2 zi5 da4 le5 , shen2 me5 niao3 dou1 you3 | it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom) | | |
| 14 | 林八哥 | 林八哥 | lín bā gē | lin2 ba1 ge1 | (bird species of China) great myna (Acridotheres grandis) | | |
| 15 | 林家翘 | 林家翹 | lín jiā qiáo | Lin2 Jia1 qiao2 | Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician | | |
| 16 | 林火 | 林火 | lín huǒ | lin2 huo3 | forest fire | | |
| 17 | 林恢复 | 林恢復 | lín huī fù | lin2 hui1 fu4 | forest restoration | | |
| 18 | 林堡 | 林堡 | lín bǎo | Lin2 bao3 | Limburg, Netherlands; Limbourg, Belgium | | |
| 19 | 林边乡 | 林邊鄉 | lín biān xiāng | Lin2 bian1 xiang1 | Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏东县 , Taiwan | | |
| 20 | 林丰正 | 林豐正 | lín fēng zhèng | Lin2 Feng1 zheng4 | Lin Fong-cheng (1940-), Taiwanese politician | | |
| 21 | 林雕鸮 | 林鵰鴞 | lín diāo xiāo | lin2 diao1 xiao1 | (bird species of China) spot-bellied eagle-owl (Bubo nipalensis) | | |
| 22 | 林冲 | 林沖 | lín chōng | Lin2 Chong1 | Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin | | |
| 23 | 林逋 | 林逋 | lín bū | Lin2 Bu1 | Lin Bu (967-1028), Northern Song poet | | |
| 24 | 林丹 | 林丹 | lín dān | lin2 dan1 | Lin Dan | | |
| 25 | 林黛玉 | 林黛玉 | lín dài yù | Lin2 Dai4 yu4 | Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 贾宝玉 | | |