Chinese symbol for “muttering”
呫嗫
tiè niè
Traditional: 呫囁
(onom.) muttering; to whisper; mouthing words
The closest CC-CEDICT match for muttering is 呫嗫 (tiè niè), defined as: (onom.) muttering; to whisper; mouthing words.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “muttering”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 呫嗫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呫呫 | tiè tiè | to whisper |
| 呫哔 (呫嗶) | tiè bì | to read aloud |
| 呫吨 (呫噸) | zhān dūn | xanthene (chemistry) |
| 呫吨酮 (呫噸酮) | zhān dūn tóng | xanthone (chemistry) |
| 呫嚅 | chè rú | to whisper |
| 嗫嚅 (囁嚅) | niè rú | to stammer; to mumble |
| 嗫呫 (囁呫) | niè tiè | to whisper |
| 嗫嗫 (囁囁) | niè niè | talkative; light and soft (of voice) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “muttering”.
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.