讷 nè — slow or halting in speech; tongue-tied 讷 nè Level 2 · Frequent #3634 Traditional: 訥 nè ne4 Basic definition adjective slow or halting in speech; tongue-tied e.g 木讷口讷 adjective awkward of speech; inarticulate e.g 讷讷讷言 Detailed explanation adjective slow (of speech) e.g 讷言 讷口 · 讷涩 · 讷直 · 讷钝 verb stammer be hardhearted enough to talk rarely Related words 木讷 mù nè simple and slow of speech 讷讷 nè nè slow of speech; halting 口讷 kǒu nè inarticulate; slow of speech 讷言 nè yán cautious, halting speech