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发呆

fādāi

to stare blankly; to be in a daze

A person rests their chin and stares blankly out a window
Memory picture

Characters in this word

发 fā

Strokes
5
Radical
又 — and, also, again, in addition

呆 dāi

Strokes
7
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 木 tree
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 会议进行到一半,他突然盯着窗外发呆,显然没有听见经理的提问。 Huìyì jìnxíng dào yíbàn, tā tūrán dīng zhe chuāngwài fādāi, xiǎnrán méiyǒu tīngjiàn jīnglǐ de tíwèn. Halfway through the meeting, he suddenly stared blankly out of the window, clearly not hearing the manager's question.
  • 她坐在窗边发呆,咖啡都凉了。 Tā zuò zài chuāng biān fādāi, kāfēi dōu liáng le. She sat by the window in a daze, and her coffee went cold.
  • 周末我只想在沙发上发呆,什么也不想。 Zhōumò wǒ zhǐ xiǎng zài shāfā shang fādāi, shénme yě bù xiǎng. At the weekend I just want to zone out on the sofa and think about nothing.

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