茫然 meaning in English

mángrán

blankly; vacantly

HSK 7-9adjective21 strokes

Meaning of 茫然

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

mángrán
  1. blankly
  2. vacantly
  3. at a loss

茫然 in example sentences

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

她tā感gǎn到dào茫máng然rán。
She felt dazed.
他tā站zhàn在zài那nà里lǐ,一yī脸liǎn茫máng然rán。
He was standing there with a vacant look.

Stroke order for each character

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茫 máng · vague · 9 strokes

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然 rán · certainly · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 茫然.

然后ránhòuthen; after that; afterwards
虽然suīránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
大自然dàzìránnature (the natural world)
忽然hūránsuddenly; all of a sudden
当然dāngránonly natural; as it should be
突然tūránsudden; abrupt; unexpected
仍然réngránstill; as before; yet
显然xiǎnránclearly; evidently; obviously
自然zìránnature; natural
果然guǒránreally; sure enough
必然bìráninevitable; certain
不然bùránnot so; no

Questions about 茫然

What does 茫然 mean?

茫然 (mángrán) means "blankly; vacantly" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 茫然?

茫然 is made of 2 characters: 茫 (9 strokes), 然 (12 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 茫然 an HSK word?

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