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怔

zhēng

Character

What 怔 means

1. bound formstartled; terrified; panic-stricken

Other readings

怔 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhèngto stare blankly; to be in a daze; Taiwan pr. lèng

Words starting with 怔

• 怔怔zhèng zhèngin a daze
• 怔住zhèng zhùdumbfounded; stunned
• 怔忡zhēng chōng(of the heart) palpitating with fear; palpitation (Chinese medicine)
• 怔神儿zhēng shén rlost in thought; in a daze
• 怔忪zhēng zhōngfrightened; scared; terrified

Words containing 怔

• 发怔fā zhēngbaffled; nonplussed
• 魔怔mó zhēngcrazed; possessed; bewitched
• 目怔口呆mù zhēng kǒu dāilit. eye startled, mouth struck dumb (idiom); stunned; stupefied

Characters built on 正

These share the phonetic component 正 (zhèng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government
• 证zhèngto admonish; variant of 证
• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 征zhēngjourney; trip; expedition
• 症zhèngdisease; illness
• 钲zhēnggong used to halt troops

Characters that look like 怔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 报bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 狂kuángmad; wild; violent
• 挺tǐngstraight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body)
• 拦lánto block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
• 汪wāngexpanse of water; ooze; (onomatopoeia) bark

Sounds the same

Read zhēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 争to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 征journey; trip; expedition
• 睁to open (one's eyes)
• 蒸to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 正first month of the lunar year
• 挣used in 挣扎
• 症abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction; (fig.) sticking point
• 铮clang of metals; small gong
• 丁used in 丁丁
• 狰used in 狰狞
• 钲gong used to halt troops
• 峥used in 峥嵘