Usage of the character 麟
lín
麟
[麟]
- used in 麒麟 (qílín)
lín
麟
[麐]
- variant of 麟 (lín)
qílín
骐麟
[騏驎]
- variant of 麒麟 (qílín)
- qilin (mythical Chinese animal)
- kylin
- Chinese unicorn
- commonly mistranslated as giraffe
qílín
麒麟
[麒麟]
- qilin (mythical Chinese animal)
- kylin
- Chinese unicorn
- commonly mistranslated as giraffe
Línjīng
麟经
[麟經]
- another name for the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
Línluò
麟洛
[麟洛]
- Linlo township in Pingtung County 屏東縣／屏东县 ( Píngdōng Xiàn), Taiwan
Línyóu
麟游
[麟遊]
- Linyou County in Baoji 寶雞／宝鸡 ( Bǎojī), Shaanxi
Línyóu Xiàn
麟游县
[麟遊縣]
- Linyou County in Baoji 寶雞／宝鸡 ( Bǎojī), Shaanxi
qílíncài
麒麟菜
[麒麟菜]
- eucheuma, a type of red algae (used in TCM)
Línluòxiāng
麟洛乡
[麟洛鄉]
- Linlo township in Pingtung County 屏東縣／屏东县 ( Píngdōng Xiàn), Taiwan
Tāng Yùlín
汤玉麟
[湯玉麟]
- 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
Qílín Gé
麒麟阁
[麒麟閣]
- Qilin Pavilion, located in the Weiyang Palace, a hall decorated with portraits of famous officials
Qílínqū
麒麟区
[麒麟區]
- Qilin district, Qujing city, Yunnan
Tán Yǒnglín
谭咏麟
[譚詠麟]
- Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor
Qílín Diàn
麒麟殿
[麒麟殿]
- see 麒麟閣／麒麟阁 ( Qílín Gé)
Qílínzuò
麒麟座
[麒麟座]
- Monoceros (constellation)
Zhāng Bǐnglín
章炳麟
[章炳麟]
- Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
Sàmólín
萨摩麟
[薩摩麟]
- Samotherium (early giraffe)
línjiǎofèngzuǐ
麟角凤觜
[麟角鳳觜]
- lit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom)
- fig. rara avis
- rarity
fèngmáolínjiǎo
凤毛麟角
[鳳毛麟角]
- lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom)
- fig. few and far between