Chinese symbol for “hum”
哼唱
hēng chàng
to hum; to croon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hum is 哼唱 (hēng chàng), defined as: to hum; to croon.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hum”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嗡嗡声 (嗡嗡聲) | wēng wēng shēng | hum; drone |
| 哼声 (哼聲) | hēng shēng | hum |
| 哼 | hēng | to groan; to snort |
| 嗡嗡 | wēng wēng | (onom.) buzz; drone; hum |
| 嗡嗡叫 | wēng wēng jiào | hum; drone |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 哼唱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哼哼唧唧 | hēng hēng jī jī | whining; groaning |
| 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) |
| 唱歌 | chàng gē | to sing a song |
| 演唱会 (演唱會) | yǎn chàng huì | vocal recital or concert |
| 演唱 | yǎn chàng | to sing (for an audience); vocal performance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hum”.
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.