哼
hēng HSK7

hum

哼 hēng
to hum verb
to hum or croon; to sing in a low voice; to chant softly

无论是扫地时，还是洗碗时，她总是唱着歌，或哼着小曲。

wú​lùn shì sǎo dì shí, hái​shi xǐ wǎn shí, tā zǒng​shì chàng zhe gē, huò hēng zhe xiǎo​qǔ.

Whether she was sweeping the floor or washing dishes, she was always singing or humming a tune.

to groan verb
to groan or moan, often from pain; to snort as a sign of physical reaction

他哼了一下鼻子表示嘲笑。

tā hēng le yī​xià bí​zi biǎo​shì cháo​xiào.

He gave a snort of derision.

humph
expresses dissatisfaction, suspicion, contempt, or a threat, often accompanied by a snort

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,966th most common 38.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,709th most common 31.3 per million appears in 13% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
37.7 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
35.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+54FC

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)