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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 呻吟
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 呻吟 | shēn yín | - to moan; to groan |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | - | 9,527 | 16,223 | 17,708 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 呻 | shēn | - (literary) to recite; to chant; to intone - (bound form) groan |
| 吟 | yín | - to chant; to recite - verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) - (literary) to lament; to groan - (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects - (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato) |
| 吟 | yín | - old variant of 吟[yin2] |
Other Words Containing 呻吟
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 呻吟 | 6 | - | 9,527 | 16,223 | 17,708 |