瞪 meaning in English

dèng

to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at

HSK 7-9verb17 strokes

Meaning of 瞪

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dèng
  1. to open (one's eyes) wide
  2. to stare at
  3. to glare at

瞪 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

问wèn她tā问wèn题tí的de时shí候hòu她tā冷lěng冷lěng地dì瞪dèng了le我wǒ一yī眼yǎn。
When I asked her a question, she gave me a cold look.
女nǚ人rén瞪dèng了le我wǒ们men。
The woman glared at us.
大dà家jiā都dōu在zài瞪dèng着zhe。
People were staring at us.
说shuō好hǎo要yào瞪dèng眼yǎn比bǐ赛sài的de呀ya!
I said we're doing a staring contest!
他tā们men惊jīng得de目mù瞪dèng口kǒu呆dāi。
They were left speechless.

Stroke order for each character

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瞪 dèng · to open wide · 17 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 瞪.

目瞪口呆mùdèng-kǒudāi(idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned

Questions about 瞪

What does 瞪 mean?

瞪 (dèng) means "to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 瞪?

瞪 is made of 1 character: 瞪 (17 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 瞪 an HSK word?

Yes. 瞪 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.