He muttered something under his breath.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
喃喃自语
to mumble to oneself
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to mumble to oneself
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 喃喃自语 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 喃喃自语.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 喃喃自语.
Directly before
- 一边喃喃自语1
Directly after
- 喃喃自语地1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 喃喃自语
What does 喃喃自语 mean in Chinese?
喃喃自语 (nánnánzìyǔ) means to mumble to oneself.
How do you pronounce 喃喃自语?
喃喃自语 is pronounced nánnánzìyǔ.
Is 喃喃自语 an HSK word?
喃喃自语 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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