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愣

lèng

HSK 6 Character

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