木僵僵

mùjiāngjiāng

adjective

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

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, yíjùhuà yě shuō bù chū.

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

HSK 5

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