HSK 6 · Adjectives

茫茫 mángmáng “vast” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 茫茫 means

  1. vast
  2. boundless
  3. hazy
  4. vast and obscure

How to say 茫茫

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale茫máng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale茫máng2nd tone, rising

茫茫 in a sentence

  1. 突然，从茫茫大雾中出现了一艘船。

    Tūrán, cóng mángmáng dàwù zhōng chūxiàn le yì sōu chuán.

    Suddenly, a ship appeared out of the thick, endless fog.

    Sentence #4147266 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 茫茫 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 茫 (máng) with each of its parts in a different colour
茫mángvast, with no clear boundary
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 汒part of the characterSound part
The character 茫 (máng) with each of its parts in a different colour
茫mángvast, with no clear boundary
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 汒part of the characterSound part

How to write 茫茫

茫 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 茫茫

Words with 茫

茫然mángrán · at a loss

More words: Adjectives

隆重lóngzhòng · grand啰唆luōsuo · long-winded络绎不绝luòyìbùjué · in an endless stream忙碌mánglù · busy盲目mángmù · blind美观měiguān · attractive美满měimǎn · happy美妙měimiào · wonderful

FAQs

茫茫 (mángmáng) means “vast” or “boundless”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mángmáng: máng with a 2nd tone, then máng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 茫茫 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mangmang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 茫茫 from the suggestions. Typing mangmang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
茫茫 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.