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嗫嚅
niè​rú

to speak haltingly

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
嗫嚅 囁嚅 niè​rú
to speak haltingly
(literary) to mumble or stammer; to speak with hesitation, especially when one wants to speak but is afraid to do so; also written 嚅嗫 rú​niè

Frequency

Written text
0.604 per million

Cross-References

Variant of

  • 嚅嗫 rú​niè

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)