茫 máng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 汒
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
茫茫
mángmáng
boundless; vast and indistinct
Character
Example phrases
- 在茫茫雪原上，导航设备一旦失灵，队伍很快就会迷失方向。 Zài mángmáng xuěyuán shàng, dǎoháng shèbèi yídàn shīlíng, duìwǔ hěn kuài jiù huì míshī fāngxiàng. On the boundless snowfield, once the navigation equipment fails, the team will soon lose its way.
- 茫茫大海上，只有一条小船在慢慢前进。 Mángmáng dàhǎi shàng, zhǐyǒu yì tiáo xiǎochuán zài mànmàn qiánjìn. On the vast sea, only one small boat was slowly moving forward.
- 人海茫茫，要找到一个人并不容易。 Rénhǎi mángmáng, yào zhǎodào yí ge rén bìng bù róngyì. In a vast sea of people, finding one person is not easy.
Related words
- 茫然 mángrán at a loss; blankly
- 澎湃 péngpài surging; stirring; powerful
- 漫 màn to overflow; to spread; to cover
- 奇观 qíguān wonder; spectacle; marvellous sight
- 涝 lào waterlogged; flooded
- 泥潭 nítán quagmire; mire
- 礁石 jiāoshí reef; rock in the sea
- 鸟巢 niǎocháo bird’s nest
- 鲸 jīng whale
- 热带 rèdài the tropics; tropical zone
- 盆地 péndì basin
- 流域 liúyù river basin; drainage area