嗯哼

ǹhēng

interjection

Meanings

1 uh-huh
2 mm-hmm
3 yeah (soft acknowledgment)

Characters

(acknowledgment sound)

Examples

嗯哼，我在听。

Ǹhēng, wǒ zài tīng.

Mm-hmm, I'm listening.

你同意吗？嗯哼。

Nǐ tóngyì ma? Ǹhēng.

Do you agree? Uh-huh.

Tips

register

Casual back-channel response, used in chats and messaging. Slightly more playful or coy than a flat 嗯.

culture

Also became a viral given name: actress 霍思燕 and 杜江's son is nicknamed 嗯哼, making the word widely recognizable after 《爸爸去哪儿5》.

Stroke Order

嗯 ǹg

哼 hēng