啉

啉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口木木 (RDD), four-corner 6409, composition ⿰口林)

• 𪢇

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 195, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3806
• Dae Jaweon: page 416, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 637, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5549

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·ruːm): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 林 (OC *ɡ·rɯm).

Related to Thai ดื่ม (dʉ̀ʉm, “to drink”) (Schuessler, 2007).

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啉

1. (historical dictionaries only) to pour a round of alcoholic drink
2. (historical dictionaries only) to finish drinking
3. (Hakka, Southern Min) to drink

   你欲啉茶抑是咖啡？

   Lí beh lim tê ia̍h-sī ka-pi?

   Do you want to drink tea or coffee?

   • 2001, 黃一飛 (馬來西亞歌手) , “一百萬 ”:

     我要遊世界　義大利飲咖啡　路邊吃Spaghetti
     我要游世界　义大利饮咖啡　路边吃Spaghetti

     góa beh iû sè-kài, Ì-tá-lì lim ko-pi, lō͘-piⁿ chia̍h Spaghetti

     I want to travel the world / drink coffee in Italy / eat spaghetti on the roadside

4. (Hokkien) to drink alcohol
   • c. 1986, “免失志”, 王秀英 (lyrics), 陳宏 (music), performed by 陳小雲 :

     啉落去啉落去無醉啊我無醉
     啉落去啉落去无醉啊我无醉

     lim lo̍h-khì lim lo̍h-khì bô chùi ah góa bô chùi

     Keep drinking, keep on boozing; sober, oh, I'm not drunk

啉

1. (historical dictionaries only) to be clamorous; to be noisy

啉

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) stupid

   • 足下其實啉，休裝㖔。
     足下其实啉，休装㖔。

     From: Wang Shifu, The Story of the Western Wing, 13^th – 14^th centuries CE

     Zúxià qíshí lìn, xiū zhuāng tǔn.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

啉

1. Used in transcription, especially of chemical names.

• “啉”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: らん (ran)、りん (rin)
• Kan-on: らん (ran)、りん (rin)
• Kun: かまびすしい (kamabisushī)、むさぼる (musaboru)

啉 • (ram) (hangeul 람, revised ram, McCune–Reischauer ram)

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啉: Hán Việt readings: lam, lâm
啉: Nôm readings: lâm, lùm, lăm, lảm, lầm, lẩm, lằm, rầm, rắm, rởm, trăm

1. chữ Nôm form of rởm (“grotesque; ludicrous; ridiculous”)
2. chữ Nôm form of trăm (“hundred”)