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呜咽

wū yè

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 嗚咽

呜咽 (wū yè) means "to sob; to whimper". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 呜咽 means

1. to sob
2. to whimper

The characters in 呜咽

• 呜wū(onomatopoeia) for humming or whimpering
• 咽yànto swallow

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