wēng
interjection #35,678

Meanings

  1. 1 (onomatopoeia) buzz
  2. 2 hum
  3. 3 drone (of bees, machinery, low-frequency sound)

Examples

Mìfēng wēngwēng de fēizhe.
The bees are buzzing as they fly.
Tā de ěrduo wēng de yì shēng xiǎng qǐlái.
His ears suddenly started buzzing.

Tips

memory
is most commonly seen reduplicated as 嗡嗡 ('bzzzz, bzzzz') — the sound of bees, mosquitoes, or a humming refrigerator. The (mouth) radical marks it as a sound word; the right component supplies the wēng pronunciation. Easy to remember by saying it: 'wēng' actually sounds like a hum.

Stroke Order

wēng