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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

LIN - Chinese Surname Lin2 - Lim, Lin, Ling, Lam


LIN Chinese Surname

Also Spelt As:
Lin2 - Hanyu Pinyin Mandarin Romanisation
Lim - Hokkien or Teochew Chinese Dialect
Lam - Cantonese Chinese Dialect
Ling - Foochow Chinese Dialect
Liem - Indonesian Chinese
Lin, etc.

Simplified Chinese Character:
林


Traditional Chinese Character:
林


One of the 10 most common Chinese surnames in the world.

The Chinese surname "Lin" is made up of the character "Woods" (as in the jungle or forest) in the Chinese language. This surname is normally referred to as "Shuang Mu4 Lin2" because the character is made up of a pair of wood radical.
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