Pinyin chart · lin
How to say lin
lin in all four tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.
lin
Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.
Voice
How to say it
l: As in English “l”, at the start of a word.
in: in is “ee” followed by n; ing ends in the ng of “sing” instead.
Its tones
līn 拎 to carry · lín 林 forest · lǐn 凛 cold · lìn 蔺 Chinese iris. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.
Sounds near it
Learners often mix lin up with these. Listen to them one after the other.
Words with lin
The voices are generated speech (ElevenLabs), the same two the app’s word cards use, each tone said as one real word. The words are from the official HSK list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus), easiest first. Every syllable is on the pinyin chart.