茫然

mángrán

adjective HSK 7-9 #15,807

Meanings

1 at a loss
2 bewildered
3 blank; confused

Characters

vast; vague; confused

thus; appearance suffix

Examples

HSK 4

他听到这个消息，一脸茫然。

Tā tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, yì liǎn máng rán.

He looked completely bewildered when he heard the news.

HSK 5

毕业以后，她对未来感到茫然。

Bìyè yǐhòu, tā duì wèilái gǎndào mángrán.

After graduation, she felt at a loss about the future.

Tips

memory

茫 has 氵 (water) - imagine staring out at a vast, foggy sea with no direction in sight. That's 茫然: lost and confused.

Stroke Order

茫 máng

然 rán