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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
hēng - to groan
- to snort
- to hum
- to croon
- humph!
hng - interjection expressing dissatisfaction or suspicion

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 7 2,007 3,458 1,943

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing

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
6 7 2,007 3,458 1,943
哼唱 - - 39,670 43,759 27,127
哼唧 - - 73,272 44,156 17,332
气哼哼 - - 95,351 81,083 116,899