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呻

shēn

HSK 6 Character

What 呻 means

1. literaryto recite; to chant; to intone
2. bound formgroan

Example sentences

• 这名士兵痛苦地呻吟。
  Zhè míngshì bīng tòngkǔ de shēnyín.
  The soldier groaned with pain.

Words starting with 呻

• 呻吟shēn yínto moan; to groan

Words containing 呻

• 无病呻吟wú bìng shēn yín(idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick; to feign illness…

Characters built on 申

These share the phonetic component 申 (shēn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 审shěnto examine; to investigate; carefully
• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy
• 伸shēnto stretch; to extend
• 绅shēnmember of gentry
• 砷shēnarsenic (chemistry)
• 抻chēnto pull; to stretch; to draw sth out
• 胂shènarsine

Characters that look like 呻

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 坤kūnone of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; female principle; ☷
• 哗huáclamor; noise; (bound form) sound used to call cats
• 哔bì(phonetic)
• 咔kǎ(used as phonetic "ka")
• 怦pēng(onomatopoeia) the thumping of one's heart
• 咛níngto enjoin

Sounds the same

Read shēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 身body; life; oneself
• 深(lit. and fig.) deep
• 申to extend; to state; to explain
• 伸to stretch; to extend
• 绅member of gentry
• 莘long; numerous
• 参ginseng; one of the 28 constellations
• 娠pregnant
• 砷arsenic (chemistry)
• 甡multitude; crowd
• 燊brisk; vigorous (of fire)
• 珅a kind of jade