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茫茫

máng máng

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

茫茫 (máng máng) means "boundless; vast and obscure". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 茫茫 means

1. boundless
2. vast and obscure

The characters in 茫茫

• 茫mángvast, with no clear boundary; fig. hazy; indistinct
• 茫mángvast, with no clear boundary; fig. hazy; indistinct

Example sentences

• 突然，从茫茫大雾中出现了一艘船。
  Tūrán, cóng mángmáng dàwù zhōng chūxiàn le yī sōu chuán.
  Suddenly, a ship appeared through the fog.

Words containing 茫茫

• 白茫茫bái máng máng(of mist, snow, floodwater etc) a vast expanse of whiteness
• 雾茫茫wù máng mángfoggy
• 苦海茫茫kǔ hǎi máng mángsea of bitterness is vast (idiom)
• 渺渺茫茫miǎo miǎo máng mánguncertain; unknown; fuzzy

Where 茫茫 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.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read máng máng correctly.
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