木僵僵

mùjiāngjiāng

adjective

Meanings

1 stiff and numb, like a block of wood
2 wooden and unresponsive, mentally slow

Characters

Examples

听到坏消息，他木僵僵地坐在那里，一句话也说不出。

Tīngdào huài xiāoxi, tā mùjiāngjiāng de zuò zài nàlǐ, yí jù huà yě shuō bù chū.

At the bad news he sat there frozen like wood, unable to say a word.

天太冷，手指冻得木僵僵的。

Tiān tài lěng, shǒuzhǐ dòng de mùjiāngjiāng de.

It was so cold my fingers went stiff and numb.

Tips

usage

Covers both physical stiffness (cold, paralysis) and a dazed, unreactive state of mind. Compare 呆呆地 which is more about vacant staring, without the frozen-stiff nuance.

Stroke Order

木 mù

僵 jiāng