Chinese symbol for “blankly”
茫然
máng rán
blankly; vacantly; at a loss
The closest CC-CEDICT match for blankly is 茫然 (máng rán), defined as: blankly; vacantly; at a loss.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 茫然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迷茫 | mí máng | vast and indistinct; perplexed |
| 茫茫 | máng máng | boundless; vast and obscure |
| 渺茫 | miǎo máng | uncertain; remote |
| 苍茫 (蒼茫) | cāng máng | boundless; vast |
| 白茫茫 | bái máng máng | (of mist, snow, floodwater etc) a vast expanse of whiteness |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
See also: Japanese symbol for “blankly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.