hēng = h + (e)ng1
to groan / to snort / to hum / to croon / humph!
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How to pronounce 哼

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= h initial

H is for Hamlet.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng1 final

In front of the engine.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

哼 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
hēng = h + (e)ng1
prosperous / henry (unit of inductance)
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 哼 as component

哼 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 哼

to hum / to croon
enraged / furious / livid

Sentences with 哼

哼 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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hēng

to groan / to snort / to hum / to croon / humph!

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