| 鱗 | [ lín ] scales (of fish) |
| 鱗傷 | [ lín shāng ] cuts and bruises like fish scales, terribly cut up |
| 鱗喉綠啄木鳥 | [ lín hoú lǜ zhuó mù ] (bird species of China) streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) |
| 鱗次櫛比 | [ lín cì zhì bǐ ] row upon row |
| 鱗片 | [ lín piàn ] scale, fish scales |
| 鱗狀 | [ lín zhuàng ] scaly, squamous |
| 鱗狀細胞癌 | [ lín zhuàng xì baō aí ] squamous cell carcinoma |
| 鱗甲 | [ lín jiǎ ] scale, plate of armor |
| 鱗翅 | [ lín chì ] scaly wing, Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类) |
| 鱗翅目 | [ lín chì mù ] Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类) |
| 鱗胸鷦鶥 | [ lín xiōng meí ] (bird species of China) scaly-breasted wren-babbler (Pnoepyga albiventer) |
| 鱗腹綠啄木鳥 | [ lín fù lǜ zhuó mù ] (bird species of China) scaly-bellied woodpecker (Picus squamatus) |
| 鱗莖 | [ lín jīng ] bulb |
| 鱗頭樹鶯 | [ lín toú shù yīng ] (bird species of China) Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps) |
| ⇒ 一鱗半爪 | [ yī lín bàn zhuǎ ] lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces |
| ⇒ 大鱗大馬哈魚 | [ dà lín dá mǎ hǎ yú ] see 大鱗大麻哈魚|大鳞大麻哈鱼[da4 lin2 da2 ma2 ha3 yu2] |
| ⇒ 大鱗大麻哈魚 | [ dà lín dá má hǎ yú ] king salmon, Chinook salmon |
| ⇒ 小鱗胸鷦鶥 | [ lín xiōng meí ] (bird species of China) pygmy wren-babbler (Pnoepyga pusilla) |
| ⇒ 東鱗西爪 | [ dōng lín xī zhaǒ ] lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west, odds and ends (idiom) |
| ⇒ 遍體鱗傷 | [ biàn tǐ lín shāng ] covered all over with cuts and bruises, beaten black and blue, be a mass of bruises |
| ⇒ 魚鱗 | [ yú lín ] fish scales |