哼
hēnghng HSK7

hum

哼 hēng frequency
hum verb
to sing or croon a melody softly with closed lips or without words

她心情很好，嘴里哼着轻快的调子。

tā xīn​qíng hěn hǎo, zuǐ lǐ hēng zhe qīng​kuài de diào​zi.

She was in a good mood, humming a light tune.

groan verb
to utter a low sound expressive of physical pain or mental distress

他受了伤，疼得在床上直哼。

tā shòu le shāng, téng de zài chuáng shàng zhí hēng.

He was injured and kept groaning in bed from the pain.

humph interjection
to express contempt, skepticism, or displeasure through a nasal sound or interjection

哼，这种小事我才不在乎！

hēng, zhè zhǒng xiǎo​shì wǒ cái bù zài​hu!

Humph, I don't care about such trivial matters!

哼 hng
humph interjection
interjection expressing dissatisfaction or suspicion

哼，你以为我真的会上当吗？

hng, nǐ yǐ​wéi wǒ zhēn​de huì shàng​dàng ma?

Humph, do you think I'll really fall for it?

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)