一切經音義 81.87

81.87

呻吟（上詩真反鄭注禮記云呻亦吟也蒼頡篇云呻吟歎也說文二字並從口）。

Moaning and groaning (呻吟: the first character is pronounced *shi* + *zhen* [shēn]. Zheng [Xuan]'s commentary on the *Book of Rites* says: '呻 is also to groan (吟).' The *Cang Jie pian* says: 'Moaning and groaning (呻吟) means sighing in grief.' The *Shuowen jiezi* states that both characters are formed from the "mouth" radical (口)).