茫
然

Blankly in Chinese: 茫然 (máng rán)

máng rán

blankly

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1blankly
  2. 2vacantly
  3. 3at a loss

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茫
然

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄤˊ

máng

ㄇ/ mㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 听到这个消息，他茫然地站在原地。

    tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xī， tā máng rán dì zhàn zài yuán dì。

    On hearing the news, he stood there blankly, at a loss.

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Related words

当然

dāng rán

only natural

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

果然

guǒ rán

really

忽然

hū rán

suddenly

既然

jì rán

since

竟然

jìng rán

unexpectedly

然而

rán ér

however

仍然

réng rán

still

自然

zì rán

nature

必然

bì rán

inevitable

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