ní nán

呢喃 (ní nán) is a Chinese word meaning “(onom.) twittering of birds; whispering; murmuring”.

Meanings

  1. 1(onom.) twittering of birds
  2. 2whispering
  3. 3murmuring

Characters in 呢喃

呢ne · (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")喃nán · mumble in repetition

Related words

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