喃喃自语 nánnánzìyǔ to mumble to oneself Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 喃 nán reduplication to mumble (bound form) to mumble or mutter; to chatter incessantly; often used in the reduplicated form 喃喃 nánnán or the compound 呢喃 nínán自语 自語 zìyǔ verb to talk to oneself to talk to oneself; to soliloquize