Chinese symbol for “numbed”
麻木不仁
má mù bù rén
numbed; insensitive; apathetic; thick-skinned
The closest CC-CEDICT match for numbed is 麻木不仁 (má mù bù rén), defined as: numbed; insensitive; apathetic; thick-skinned.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 麻木不仁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻烦 (麻煩) | má fan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
| 大麻 | dà má | hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis |
| 麻将 (麻將) | má jiàng | mahjong; measure word: 局 (jú), 副 (fù) |
| 麻醉 | má zuì | anesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality) |
| 麻木 | má mù | numb; insensitive |
| 麻雀 | má què | sparrow; (dialect) mahjong |
| 木材 | mù cái | wood |
| 树木 (樹木) | shù mù | tree |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 同仁 | tóng rén | (formal) colleague; fellow member (of an organization or profession) |
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.