Meaning of 蒙
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- (knocked) unconscious
- dazed
- stunned
- to deceive
- to cheat
- to hoodwink
- to make a wild guess
- (literary) sincere; honest; genuine
- drizzle
- mist
How to use 蒙
In speech, mēng often means to fool someone or to take a wild guess, as on a test. 这道题我是蒙对的。(Zhè dào tí wǒ shì mēng duì de.) I got this question right by guessing. In written words like 蒙蔽 (méngbì) and 启蒙 (qǐméng), it is read méng.
蒙 has the grass radical 艹 on top, like a cover of plants thrown over something. When you are covered and cannot see, you are dazed or easily fooled, which fits mēng (stunned, to deceive).
Common mistake: Learners often read every 蒙 as mēng. In most compounds, such as 蒙羞 (méngxiū), 承蒙 (chéngméng) and 荷尔蒙 (hé'ěrméng), it is second tone méng. Also do not confuse it with 梦 (mèng, dream), which sounds similar but is a different character.
蒙 in example sentences
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蒙 mēng · unconscious · 13 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 蒙.
| 启蒙 | qǐméng | to instruct the young; to initiate |
| 蒙羞 | méngxiū | to be shamed; to be humiliated |
| 荷尔蒙 | hé'ěrméng | (loanword) hormone |
| 蒙蔽 | méngbì | to deceive; to hoodwink |
| 承蒙 | chéngméng | to be indebted (to sb) |
| 蒙在鼓里 | méngzàigǔlǐ | lit. kept inside a drum (idiom); fig. completely in the dark |
| 蒙受 | méngshòu | to suffer; to sustain (loss) |
| 蒙面 | méngmiàn | to cover one's face; to wear a mask; brazen; shameless |
| 蒙骗 | mēngpiàn | to hoodwink; to deceive |
Questions about 蒙
What does 蒙 mean?
蒙 (mēng) means "(knocked) unconscious; dazed" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 蒙?
蒙 is made of 1 character: 蒙 (13 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 蒙 an HSK word?
Yes. 蒙 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What does 蒙在鼓里 mean?
It literally means kept inside a drum. It describes someone who is completely in the dark about something everyone else knows. Here 蒙 is read méng.
How do you say someone is dazed or confused with 蒙?
Colloquially people say 我都被打蒙了 (wǒ dōu bèi dǎ mēng le), I was knocked senseless, or 我有点蒙 (wǒ yǒudiǎn mēng), I am a bit stunned. In this sense it is first tone mēng.