Chinese symbol for “groaning”
哼哼唧唧
hēng hēng jī jī
whining; groaning; muttering
The closest CC-CEDICT match for groaning is 哼哼唧唧 (hēng hēng jī jī), defined as: whining; groaning; muttering.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 哼哼唧唧.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哼唱 | hēng chàng | to hum; to croon |
| 哼声 (哼聲) | hēng shēng | hum |
| 哼唧 | hēng ji | whisper |
| 哼哧 | hēng chī | to puff hard (e.g. after running) |
| 哼儿哈儿 (哼兒哈兒) | hēng r hā r | to hem and haw (loanword) |
| 唧唧 | jī jī | (onom.) chirping of insects, sighing noise etc |
| 吧唧 | bā jī | (onom.) squishing sound; (ACG) character badge (loanword from Japanese) |
| 唧唧喳喳 | jī jī zhā zhā | (onom.) chattering or giggling |
See also: Japanese symbol for “groaning”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.