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愣

lèng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

愣 (lèng) means "to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 愣 means

1. to look distracted
2. to stare blankly
3. distracted
4. blank
5. colloquialunexpectedly
6. rash
7. rashly

Words starting with 愣

• 愣干lèng gànto do things recklessly; to persist in doing sth in one's own way
• 愣说lèng shuō(colloquial) to insist; to allege; to assert
• 愣劲儿lèng jìn rdash; pep; vigor
• 愣神儿lèng shén rto stare blankly; to be in a daze
• 愣头青lèng tóu qīngreckless young person
• 愣头愣脑lèng tóu lèng nǎorash; impetuous; reckless

Words containing 愣

• 发愣fā lèngto stare blankly; to be in a daze
• 登愣dēng lèngta da!; wow!
• 傻愣愣shǎ lèng lèngstaring stupidly; petrified
• 斜愣眼xié leng yǎnto squint
• 直愣愣zhí lèng lèngstaring blankly
• 傻不愣登shǎ bù lèng dēngstupid; dazed
• 装傻充愣zhuāng shǎ chōng lèng(idiom) to feign ignorance or stupidity; to pretend to be clueless
• 二愣子èr lèng zistupid person; dolt; rash (slang)
• 斜愣眼儿xié leng yǎn rerhua variant of 斜愣眼

Characters that look like 愣

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

• 惯guànaccustomed to; used to; indulge
• 馈kuì(literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 馈
• 锈xiùto rust
• 傍bàngnear; approaching; to depend on
• 摒bìngto discard; to get rid of
• 甥shēng(bound form) sister's son; nephew

Sounds the same

Read lèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 睖to stare blankly; to glare
• 踜to stumble; to slip; to fall
• 楞variant of 愣

Where 愣 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · lèng–lǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lèng correctly.
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