lèng
verb #32,645

Meanings

  1. 1 to be stunned
  2. 2 to stare blankly
  3. 3 to be dazed

Examples

Tā tīngdào zhège xiāoxi lèng le yīxià.
He was stunned for a moment when he heard the news.
Bié lèngzhe, gǎnjǐn dòngshǒu ba.
Don't just stand there dumbstruck — get to work.

Tips

mistakes
has two readings: léng (variant of , 'edge / ridge'; also in Lengjia, the Lankavatara Sutra) and lèng (variant of , 'be stunned / dazed'). The lèng reading is far more common in everyday text — when you see in a sentence about reaction or emotion, it's lèng.

Stroke Order

lèng