How to say “gardens and parks” in Chinese

园林

yuánlín

gardens and parks, landscape garden

noun · HSK 6 · topic “Sports and leisure”

“Gardens and parks” in Chinese is 园林, yuán lín: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

园林 is read yuán lín: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

yuán — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

lín — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

园

yuán — garden, park

Outside, 囗 “fence”; inside, 元 yuán hints at the sound.

林

lín — woods, grove

Two 木 “trees” side by side — a grove. Three make 森, a dense forest.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “园林”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 园林. Tap the sound icon to listen.

这座古代园林保存得很完整zhèzuògǔdàiyuánlínbǎocúndehěnwánzhěngThis ancient garden is beautifully preserved.
这座城市以园林闻名。zhèzuòchéngshìyǐyuánlínwénmíngThis city is famous for its gardens.
这里以园林闻名zhèlǐyǐyuánlínwénmíngThis place is famous for its gardens.
这座园林闻名中外zhèzuòyuánlínwénmíngzhōngwàiThis garden is famous both in China and abroad.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “gardens and parks” in Chinese?

“Gardens and parks” in Chinese is 园林, pinyin yuánlín.

What does 园林 mean?

园林 (yuánlín) means “gardens and parks, landscape garden”.

How do you write 园林?

园林 is 2 characters: 园 (yuán) — garden, park; 林 (lín) — woods, grove. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 园林?

园林 is read yuánlín. Tones: yuán — second tone, lín — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“gardens and parks” in the lesson “A trip: famous sights and gardens”

This word is from the topic “Sports and leisure” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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