Chinese symbol for “frustrated”
惘然
wǎng rán
frustrated; perplexed; irresolute; dazed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for frustrated is 惘然 (wǎng rán), defined as: frustrated; perplexed; irresolute; dazed.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “frustrated”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失意 | shī yì | disappointed; frustrated |
| 无奈 (無奈) | wú nài | to have no alternative; frustrated |
| 潦倒 | liáo dǎo | down on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated |
| 失落 | shī luò | to lose (sth); to drop (sth) |
| 烦冤 (煩冤) | fán yuān | frustrated; agitated |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 惘然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迷惘 | mí wǎng | perplexed; at a loss |
| 怅惘 (悵惘) | chàng wǎng | distracted; listless |
| 惘然若失 | wǎng rán ruò shī | lit. to be frustrated as though having lost sth (idiom); fig. to be at a loss |
| 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 |
| 自然 | zì rán | nature; natural |
| 然而 | rán ér | however; but; yet |
See also: Japanese symbol for “frustrated”.
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.