(hēng) - to hum, to groan, hmph (snort of contempt) in Mandarin
hēngTraditional: 哼
Translation
to hum, to groan, hmph (snort of contempt)
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound combining 口 (kǒu, mouth) with 亨 (hēng, phonetic), representing a sound made with the mouth.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 口 (kǒu, mouth) + 亨 (hēng, phonetic)
Stroke order
哼
Examples
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Hmph, I really don't care.
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She hummed a song as she walked.
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He groaned once from the pain.
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Hmph, do you think I don't know?
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Stop humming and go to sleep.
哼 (hēng) is both an interjection of contempt, like an English snort or hmph, and a verb meaning to hum or to groan. Tone and context decide which sense applies.
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