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怔怔

zhèngzhèng
adjective

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
听到这个消息，她怔怔地站在那里，一动不动。
Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā zhèngzhèng de zhàn zài nàlǐ, yīdòngbùdòng.
Hearing the news, she stood there in a daze, motionless.
HSK 7-9
他怔怔地望着远方。
Tā zhèngzhèng de wàng zhe yuǎnfāng.
He stared blankly into the distance.

Tips

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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