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Chinese symbol for “stunned”

傻眼
shǎ yǎn
(coll.) stunned; dumbfounded; flabbergasted

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stunned is 傻眼 (shǎ yǎn), defined as: (coll.) stunned; dumbfounded; flabbergasted.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

傻 shǎ
foolish, silly, stupid; an imbecile
radical 9 ⼈ · 13 strokes
眼 yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
radical 109 ⽬ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “stunned”

WordPinyinMeaning
愕然è ránstunned; amazed
惊艳 (驚豔)jīng yànvery impressed; stunned; amazed; to astonish; to impress greatly
惊呆 (驚呆)jīng dāistupefied; stunned
瞠目结舌 (瞠目結舌)chēng mù jié shé(idiom) dumbfounded; flabbergasted; stunned
目瞪口呆mù dèng kǒu dāi(idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned

Related words

Other words that share a character with 傻眼.

WordPinyinMeaning
傻子shǎ ziidiot; fool
傻瓜shǎ guāidiot; fool
傻蛋shǎ dànstupid young fellow; idiot
装傻 (裝傻)zhuāng shǎto act stupid; to pretend to be naive
傻笑shǎ xiàoto giggle; to laugh foolishly
眼睛yǎn jingeye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)
眼前yǎn qiánbefore one's eyes; now
眼泪 (眼淚)yǎn lèitear; teardrop; measure word: 滴 (dī)

See also: Japanese symbol for “stunned”.

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.

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