Chinese Word: 拎 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

拎

Pinyin: līn

English Definition: to lift; to carry in one's hand; Taiwan pr. [ling1]

Chinese Definition:
①提：拎水。拎提包。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 手

Pictophonetic:令 indicates the sound; 扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 令 [ lìng ] command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause

Similar Characters: 怜伶邻冷龄铃岭玲

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拎包	līn bāo	handbag or shopping bag (dialect)
拎包党	līn bāo dǎng	(coll.) purse snatcher
拎起	līn qǐ	to pick up (from the ground with one's hands)

1		tā 他 līn zhe 拎着 tǒng 桶 qù 去 dǎ 打 shuǐ 水。 He was carrying a bucket to fetch water.
2		tā 他 līn zhe 拎着 xiāng zi 箱子 zǒu 走 le 了 jìn qù 进去。 He went in carrying his suitcase.
3		nǐ 你 shǒu shàng 手上 līn 拎 de 的 gǔ qí bāo 古奇包 shì 是 zhēn pǐn 真品 ma 吗？ Is that Gucci bag you're carrying really a Gucci?
4		nǐ 你 yě 也 kāi 开 bù 不 le 了 mén 门， līn 拎 bù 不 qǐ 起 gòu wù dài 购物袋 huò zhě 或者 kāi 开 bù 不 le 了 chē 车。 Nor can you open doors, lift shopping bags or drive a car.
5		méi tǐ 媒体 néng 能 cóng 从 wèi shǔ bù duō 为数不多 de 的 “ wēi jī 危机 ” zhōng 中 līn 拎 chū 出 yī gè 一个 jìn xíng 进行 xuàn rǎn 渲染。 The press can whip one up out of not much.

1		tā 他 līn zhe 拎着 tǒng 桶 qù 去 dǎ 打 shuǐ 水。 He was carrying a bucket to fetch water.
2		tā 他 līn zhe 拎着 xiāng zi 箱子 zǒu 走 le 了 jìn qù 进去。 He went in carrying his suitcase.
3		nǐ 你 shǒu shàng 手上 līn 拎 de 的 gǔ qí bāo 古奇包 shì 是 zhēn pǐn 真品 ma 吗？ Is that Gucci bag you're carrying really a Gucci?
4		nǐ 你 yě 也 kāi 开 bù 不 le 了 mén 门， līn 拎 bù 不 qǐ 起 gòu wù dài 购物袋 huò zhě 或者 kāi 开 bù 不 le 了 chē 车。 Nor can you open doors, lift shopping bags or drive a car.
5		méi tǐ 媒体 néng 能 cóng 从 wèi shǔ bù duō 为数不多 de 的 “ wēi jī 危机 ” zhōng 中 līn 拎 chū 出 yī gè 一个 jìn xíng 进行 xuàn rǎn 渲染。 The press can whip one up out of not much.