发呆 meaning in English
to stare blankly; to be stunned
Traditional 發呆12 strokes
Meaning of 发呆
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
fādāi
- to stare blankly
- to be stunned
- to be lost in thought
发呆 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我在发呆。
I'm out of it.
望着天花板发呆,还不如读一读小说。
You might as well read a novel instead of staring at the ceiling.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
发 fā · to send out · 5 strokes
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呆 dāi · foolish · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 发呆.
| 发现 | fāxiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
| 出发 | chūfā | to set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba |
| 头发 | tóufa | hair (on the head) |
| 发生 | fāshēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl |
| 发展 | fāzhǎn | development; growth |
| 发出 | fāchū | to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let ou |
| 发明 | fāmíng | to invent; an invention |
| 沙发 | shāfā | (loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post |
| 发表 | fābiǎo | to issue; to publish |
| 发动 | fādòng | to start; to launch |
| 发送 | fāsòng | to transmit; to dispatch |
| 开发 | kāifā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
Questions about 发呆
What does 发呆 mean?
发呆 (fādāi) means "to stare blankly; to be stunned".
How do you write 发呆?
发呆 is made of 2 characters: 发 (5 strokes), 呆 (7 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.
How is 发呆 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 发呆 is written 發呆.