怔怔

zhèngzhèng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 in a daze
  2. 2 staring blankly
  3. 3 stunned and motionless

Examples

HSK 6
Tā zhèngzhèng de wàng zhe yuǎnfāng.
He stared blankly into the distance.
HSK 7-9
Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā zhèngzhèng de zhàn zài nàlǐ, yídòngbúdòng.
Hearing the news, she stood there in a daze, motionless.

Tips

register
Literary, common in narrative fiction. Often follows the verbs 望 (gaze), 看 (look), 站 (stand), 坐 (sit) plus 地, capturing a frozen moment of shock or absorption. Compare 呆呆 (dazed/dumbstruck), close in meaning, slightly more common in everyday speech.

Stroke Order

怔 zhèng