Chinese symbol for “dumbfounded”
瞠目结舌
chēng mù jié shé
Traditional: 瞠目結舌
(idiom) dumbfounded; flabbergasted; stunned
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dumbfounded is 瞠目结舌 (chēng mù jié shé), defined as: (idiom) dumbfounded; flabbergasted; stunned.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dumbfounded”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怔住 | zhèng zhù | dumbfounded; stunned |
| 傻眼 | shǎ yǎn | (coll.) stunned; dumbfounded; flabbergasted |
| 无语 (無語) | wú yǔ | to remain silent; to have nothing to say |
| 懵逼 | měng bī | (dialect) stupefied; dumbfounded |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瞠目结舌.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瞠目 | chēng mù | to stare |
| 瞠目以对 (瞠目以對) | chēng mù yǐ duì | to return only a blank stare; to stare back |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 项目 (項目) | xiàng mù | item; project; (sports) event |
| 目标 (目標) | mù biāo | target; goal |
| 目的 | mù dì | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective |
| 节目 (節目) | jié mù | (TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) |
| 目录 (目錄) | mù lù | catalog; table of contents |
| 结果 (結果) | jiē guǒ | to bear fruit |
| 舌头 (舌頭) | shé tou | tongue; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dumbfounded”.
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.