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
茫然
mángrán
at a loss; blankly
Characters in this word
然 rán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 肰 dog meat 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面对突如其来的质问，他茫然地站在原地，一时不知道如何回应。 Miànduì tūrúqílái de zhìwèn, tā mángrán de zhàn zài yuándì, yìshí bù zhīdào rúhé huíyìng. Faced with the sudden questioning, he stood there blankly, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
- 她茫然地看着地图，不知道该往哪边走。 Tā mángrán de kàn zhe dìtú, bù zhīdào gāi wǎng nǎ biān zǒu. She looked blankly at the map, not knowing which way to go.
- 刚到新学校时，他感到有点茫然。 Gāng dào xīn xuéxiào shí, tā gǎndào yǒudiǎn mángrán. When he first arrived at the new school, he felt a bit lost.