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喃

nán
verb #44,610

Meanings

  1. 1 to mutter
  2. 2 to murmur (in 喃喃)

Examples

HSK 4
他低声喃喃地说着什么。
Tā dīshēng nánnán de shuō zhe shénme.
He muttered something to himself in a low voice.
HSK 7-9
屋檐下的燕子呢喃细语。
Wūyán xià de yànzi nínán xìyǔ.
The pair of swallows twittered softly under the eaves.

Tips

usage
喃 is reduplicated in 喃喃 (to mutter under one's breath) and appears in 呢喃 (soft murmuring, or the twitter of swallows). It is rarely used alone.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
The mouth radical. 喃 is a low, mumbled sound made with the mouth, so the mouth radical marks it as a kind of speech or vocal noise.
phonetic
南 nán
south
Pure sound: standalone 南 is nán and 喃 keeps the reading exactly. The "south" meaning does not enter the word, only the pronunciation.

Stroke Order

喃 nán