HSK 6 · Emotions

愣 lèng “dazed” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 愣 means

  1. dazed
  2. stunned
  3. rash
  4. to look distracted
  5. to stare blankly
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • distracted
  • blank
  • (coll.) unexpectedly

How to say 愣

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale愣lèng4th tone, falling

愣 in a sentence

  1. 听到这个问题，他愣了一下。

    Tīngdào zhè ge wèntí, tā lèng le yíxià.

    When he heard the question, he was stunned for a moment.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 你愣在那儿干什么？快来帮忙！

    Nǐ lèng zài nàr gànshénme? Kuài lái bāngmáng!

    What are you standing there for? Come and help!

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 愣 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 愣 (lèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
愣lèngto look distracted
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 罒net form of 网 · wǎngSound part
  • 方square · fāng

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 罒 (wǎng) hints at the sound. Compare it with lèng.

How to write 愣

愣 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

愣 (lèng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 愣 (lèng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 愣

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哭泣kūqì · to weep苦涩kǔsè · bitter狼狈lángbèi · in an awkward situation牢骚láosāo · complaint冷落lěngluò · to snub乐趣lèqù · delight乐意lèyì · willing谅解liàngjiě · to understand

FAQs

愣 (lèng) means “dazed” or “stunned”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lèng: lèng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 愣 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type leng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 愣 from the suggestions. Typing leng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
愣 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.