HSK 6 · Body

呻吟 shēnyín “to groan” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 呻吟 means

  1. to groan
  2. to moan

How to say 呻吟

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale呻shēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale吟yín2nd tone, rising

呻吟 in a sentence

  1. 这名士兵痛苦地呻吟。

    Zhè míng shìbīng tòngkǔ de shēnyín.

    The soldier groaned in pain.

    Sentence #842308 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 呻吟 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 呻 (shēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
呻shēnto recite; to chant; to intone
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 申to report · shēnSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 申 (shēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with shēn.

The character 吟 (yín) with each of its parts in a different colour
吟yínto chant; to recite
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 今modern · jīnSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 今 (jīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yín.

How to write 呻吟

呻 8 strokes · 吟 7 strokes

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呻吟 (shēnyín) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 呻吟 (shēnyín). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 呻吟

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FAQs

呻吟 (shēnyín) means “to groan” or “to moan”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shēnyín: shēn with a 1st tone, then yín with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 呻吟 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shenyin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 呻吟 from the suggestions. Typing shenyin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
呻吟 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.