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茫然

máng rán

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

茫然 (máng rán) means "blankly; vacantly; at a loss". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 茫然 means

1. blankly
2. vacantly
3. at a loss

The characters in 茫然

• 茫mángvast, with no clear boundary; fig. hazy; indistinct
• 然ráncorrect; right; so

Example sentences

• 她感到茫然。
  Tā gǎndào mángrán.
  She felt dazed.
• 他站在那里,一脸茫然。
  He was standing there with a vacant look.

Words starting with 茫然

• 茫然失措máng rán shī cuòat a loss (idiom)

Words containing 茫然

• 一脸茫然yī liǎn máng ránpuzzled; bewildered

Where 茫然 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · máng–méi (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.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read máng rán correctly.
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