"Moan" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 呻吟 | shēn yín | to moan / to groan |   |
| 哀鸣 | āi míng | (of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound / whine / moan / wail | |
| 叫床声 | jiào chuáng shēng | to moan (in bed) / cries of pleasure during love-making | |
| 无病呻吟 | wú bìng shēn yín | to moan about imaginary illness / fussing like a hypochondriac / fig. sentimental nonsense | |
| 长吁短叹 | cháng xū duǎn tàn | long moan and short gasp (idiom) / continually moaning and groaning in pain | |
| 无病呻吟 | wú bìng - shēn yín | (idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick / to feign illness / to complain without cause / (of writing) to indulge in confected sentimentality | |
