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喃

nán

Character

What 喃 means

1. mumble in repetition

Example sentences

• 你之下在整些喃样？
  Nǐ zhīxià zài zhěng xiē nán yàng?
  What are you doing right now?
• 他压低声线，喃喃自语地说了些话。
  Tā yādī shēngxiàn, nánnánzìyǔ de shuō le xiē huà.
  He muttered something under his breath.
• 羞怯的男孩呢喃地说出自己的名字。
  The shy boy murmured his name.

Words starting with 喃

• 喃喃nán nán(onomatopoeia) to mutter; to mumble; to murmur
• 喃喃自语nán nán zì yǔto mumble to oneself
• 喃字nán zìVietnam characters (like Chinese characters but native to Vietnam)

Words containing 喃

• 呢喃ní nán(onomatopoeia) twittering of birds; whispering; murmuring
• 呢喃细语ní nán xì yǔwhispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring
• 呋喃fū nánfuran (furfuran, used in making nylon) (loanword)
• 呋喃西林fū nán xī línfuracilinum (loanword)
• 吡喃bǐ nánpyran (chemistry) (loanword)

Characters built on 南

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

• 楠nánMachilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood
• 腩nǎnbrisket; belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
• 蝻nǎnlocust nymph

Characters that look like 喃

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

• 幅fúwidth; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 喘chuǎnto gasp; to pant; asthma
• 喱lígrain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams); Taiwan pr. lǐ
• 嗤chīlaugh at; jeer; scoff at
• 嗝géhiccup; belch
• 喵miāo(onomatopoeia) meow; cat's mewing

Sounds the same

Read nán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 难difficult (to...); problem; difficulty
• 男(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
• 南south
• 楠Machilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood
• 暔name of a country
• 諵mumble in repetition
• 侽old variant of 男
• 娚old variant of 喃