发愣

發愣

fālèng

verb HSK 7-9 #52,837

Meanings

1 to stare blankly
2 to space out
3 to be in a daze

Characters

to emit; to produce (a state)

dazed; stunned; blank

Examples

HSK 1

他坐在那里发愣，什么也没做。

Tā zuò zài nàlǐ fālèng, shénme yě méi zuò.

He sat there spacing out, doing nothing.

HSK 4

别发愣了，快点干活！

Bié fālèng le, kuài diǎn gànhuó!

Stop spacing out and get to work!

Tips

usage

发愣 implies being lost in thought or momentarily stunned. Similar to 发呆 but 发愣 often carries more of a sense of being stunned or confused.

Stroke Order

发 fā

愣 lèng