茫然

茫然 mángrán in a sentence

Ignorant (in the dark - at a loss)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

茫然 (mángrán) means Ignorant (in the dark - at a loss). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

刚毕业时他对未来很 茫然 。

Gāng bìyè shí tā duì wèilái hěn mángrán.

Fresh out of school he felt quite at sea about the future.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 茫然

他 茫然 地看着我,不知道该怎么办。

Tā mángrán de kànzhe wǒ, bù zhīdào gāi zěnme bàn.

He looked at me blankly, not knowing what to do.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 茫然

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How is 茫然 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 茫然 (mángrán, "Ignorant (in the dark - at a loss)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 茫然 an HSK word?

Yes — 茫然 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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