Chinese word dictionary

呜咽

wūyè · to sob; to whimper

Word information

Simplified呜咽
Traditional嗚咽
Pinyinwūyè
Part of speech
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 呜咽

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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