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哼

hēng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

哼 (hēng) means "to groan; to snort; to hum". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 哼 means

1. to groan
2. to snort
3. to hum
4. to croon
5. humph!

Other readings

哼 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hnginterjection expressing dissatisfaction or suspicion

Example sentences

• 哼哼！
  Oink!
• 哼，我就知道事情会变成这样。
  Hmph, I just knew things would turn out this way.
• “哼，就算是这样，我的分数还是比你高得多呀！”“你说什么？！如果我用尽全力，你还会是我的对手吗？”
  “ hēng, jiùsuàn shì zhèyàng, wǒ de fēnshù háishi bǐ nǐ gāo de duō ya!”“ nǐ shuō shénme?! rúguǒ wǒ yòngjìn quánlì, nǐ hái huì shì wǒ de duìshǒu ma?”
  "Well, even so my score is far above yours isn't it?" "What did you say!? If I was to go all out you'd be as nothing to me!"
• 「哼，就算是这样，我的分数还是比你高得多呀！」「你说甚么？！如果我用尽全力，你还会是我的对手吗？」
  "Well, even so my score is far above yours isn't it?" "What did you say!? If I was to go all out you'd be as nothing to me!"

Words starting with 哼

• 哼唱hēng chàngto hum; to croon
• 哼哼唧唧hēng hēng jī jīwhining; groaning; muttering
• 哼声hēng shēnghum
• 哼儿哈儿hēng r hā rto hem and haw (loanword)
• 哼唧hēng jiwhisper
• 哼哧hēng chīto puff hard (e.g. after running)

Words containing 哼

• 气哼哼qì hēng hēngenraged; furious; livid
• 嗯哼en hēnguh-huh

Characters that look like 哼

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

• 啤píbeer
• 哗huáclamor; noise; (bound form) sound used to call cats
• 唠láoused in 唠叨
• 啧zé(interj. of admiration or of disgust); to click one's tongue…
• 唷yō(interjection expressing surprise) Oh!; My!
• 哞mōumoo (sound made by cow)

Sounds the same

Read hēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 亨prosperous; henry (unit of inductance)
• 脝fat; bloated

Where 哼 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · hé–hōng (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.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hēng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.