淋
línlìn HSK7

drip, soak

淋 lín frequency
sprinkle verb
to sprinkle or drip a liquid onto something, such as adding a sauce or oil to food

上桌前在菜上淋一点麻油。

shàng​zhuō qián zài cài shàng lín yī​diǎn má​yóu.

Drizzle a little sesame oil over the dish before serving.

drench verb
to drench, pour over, or soak someone or something, often as a result of rain

他在回家的路上被大雨淋透了。

tā zài huí​jiā de lù​shang bèi dà​yǔ lín tòu le.

He got soaked by heavy rain on his way home.

淋 lìn
gonorrhea verb
a medical condition referring to gonorrhea or traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) strangury

中医认为，这类排尿困难的症状属于淋证。

zhōng​yī rèn​wéi, zhè lèi pái​niào kùn​nan de zhèng​zhuàng shǔ​yú lìn zhèng.

In Chinese medicine, these symptoms of difficulty urinating are classified as strangury syndrome.

filter verb
to filter, strain, or drain a liquid

把洗好的菜淋干水分。

bǎ xǐ hǎo de cài lìn​gān shuǐ​fèn.

Drain the washed vegetables of excess water.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,168th most common 29.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,816th most common 26.5 per million appears in 12% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6.68 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
11.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+6DCB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)