呻吟
shēn yín
Pinyin

Definition

呻吟
 - 
shēn yín
  1. to moan
  2. to groan

Character Decomposition

Related Words (14)

呻吟
shēn yín
  1. 1 to moan
  2. 2 to groan
低吟
dī yín
  1. 1 to chant softly
  2. 2 to murmur
吟唱
yín chàng
  1. 1 to chant
  2. 2 to recite
吟诗
yín shī
  1. 1 to recite poetry
吟诵
yín sòng
  1. 1 to read aloud
  2. 2 to recite rhythmically
  3. 3 to chant
  4. 4 to intone (esp. poems in rhythm)
沉吟
chén yín
  1. 1 to mutter to oneself irresolutely
无病呻吟
wú bìng shēn yín
  1. 1 to moan about imaginary illness
  2. 2 fussing like a hypochondriac
  3. 3 fig. sentimental nonsense
吟
yín
  1. 1 to chant
  2. 2 to recite
  3. 3 to moan
  4. 4 to groan
  5. 5 cry (of certain animals and insects)
  6. 6 song (ancient poem)
吟哦
yín é
  1. 1 to chant
  2. 2 to recite rhythmically
  3. 3 to polish verse
吟咏
yín yǒng
  1. 1 to recite
  2. 2 to sing (of poetry)
吟游
yín yóu
  1. 1 to wander as minstrel
吟风弄月
yín fēng nòng yuè
  1. 1 lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
歌吟
gē yín
  1. 1 to sing
  2. 2 to recite
笑吟吟
xiào yín yín
  1. 1 smiling
  2. 2 with a smile

Idioms (0)

Sample Sentences

诶，最近看郝仁的微信朋友圈了吗？真有点儿无病呻吟的感觉，天天在那儿念葬花吟。
èi ，zuìjìn kàn Hǎo Rén de wēixìn péngyou quān le ma ？zhēn yǒudiǎnr wúbìngshēnyín de gǎnjué ，tiāntiān zài nàr niàn zànghuāyín 。
Oi, have you seen Hao Ren's WeChat Moments feed recently? He really does sound like he's grumbling over nothing, like Daiyu's poem composed after burying flowers in Dreams of Red Chamber.
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别无病呻吟了。快看看这民意调查。
bié wúbìngshēnyín le 。kuài kànkan zhè mínyìdiàochá 。
Stop moaning. Look at this survey.
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