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呻吟

shēn yín

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

呻吟 (shēn yín) means "to moan; to groan". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 呻吟 means

1. to moan; to groan

The characters in 呻吟

• 呻shēn(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 吟yínto chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems)…

Example sentences

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

Words containing 呻吟

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

Where 呻吟 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shè–Shè (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shēn yín correctly.
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