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瞪

dèng

HSK 6 Character

What 瞪 means

1. to open (one's eyes) wide
2. to stare at
3. to glare at

Example sentences

• 大家都在瞪着。
  Dàjiā dōu zài dèng zhe.
  People were staring at us.
• 女人瞪了我们。
  Nǚrén dèng le wǒmen.
  The woman glared at us.
• 我没想瞪着看的。
  I didn't mean to stare.
• 汤姆没有瞪着玛丽。
  Tāngmǔ méiyǒu dèng zhe Mǎlì.
  Tom wasn't staring at Mary.
• 他们惊得目瞪口呆。
  Tāmen jīng de mùdèng-kǒudāi.
  They were left speechless.
• 说好要瞪眼比赛的呀！
  I said we're doing a staring contest!

Words starting with 瞪

• 瞪眼dèng yǎnto open one's eyes wide; to stare; to glare (at sb)
• 瞪鞋摇滚dèng xié yáo gǔnshoegaze (music genre)
• 瞪羚dèng línggazelle

Words containing 瞪

• 目瞪口呆mù dèng kǒu dāi(idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned
• 迷瞪mí dèngpuzzled; bewildered; infatuated
• 干瞪眼gān dèng yǎnto watch helplessly
• 直瞪瞪zhí dèng dèngto stare blankly
• 直眉瞪眼zhí méi dèng yǎnto stare angrily or vacantly
• 吹胡子瞪眼chuī hú zi dèng yǎnto get angry; to fume
• 大眼瞪小眼dà yǎn dèng xiǎo yǎn(idiom) to look at each other, not knowing what to do

Characters built on 登

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

• 澄chéngclear; limpid; to clarify
• 橙chéngorange tree; orange (color)
• 凳dèngbench; stool
• 蹬dēngto step on; to tread on; to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc); (slang) to dump (sb)
• 镫dèngstirrup
• 噔dēng(onomatopoeia) thud; thump
• 磴dèngcliff-ledge; stone step
• 嶝dèngpath leading up a mountain

Characters that look like 瞪

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

• 橙chéngorange tree; orange (color)
• 瞭liàoto watch from a height or distance
• 赡shànto support; to provide for
• 醛quánaldehyde
• 瞠chēngstare at sth beyond reach
• 镫dèngstirrup

Sounds the same

Read dèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 凳bench; stool
• 蹬used in 蹭蹬
• 澄(of liquid) to settle; to become clear
• 镫stirrup
• 磴cliff-ledge; stone step
• 嶝path leading up a mountain
• 僜Deng ethnic minority of Tibet
• 邓surname Deng