呻 | |||
groan, moan; recite with intonation | |||
Radical | 口 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 8 |
Mandarin reading | shēn | Cantonese reading | san1 |
Japanese on reading | shin | Japanese kun reading | utau umeku |
Korean reading | sin | Vietnamese reading |
呻 | |||
groan, moan; recite with intonation | |||
Radical | 口 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 8 |
Mandarin reading | shēn | Cantonese reading | san1 |
Japanese on reading | shin | Japanese kun reading | utau umeku |
Korean reading | sin | Vietnamese reading |
呻 | [ shēn ] groan |
呻吟 | [ shēn yín ] to moan, to groan |
⇒ 無病呻吟 | [ wú bìng shēn yín ] to moan about imaginary illness, fussing like a hypochondriac, fig. sentimental nonsense |