Meaning
to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; stupefied; blank
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “leng” becomes a different word in each tone. 愣 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 发愣fā lèngto stare blankly; to be in a daze
- 愣说lèng shuō(coll.) to insist; to allege; to assert
- 愣干lèng gànto do things recklessly; to persist in doing sth in one's own way
- 登愣dēng lèngta da!; wow!
- 二愣子èr lèng zistupid person; dolt; rash (slang)
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Example Sentence
听到这个问题，他愣了一下，没有马上回答。Tīng dào zhè ge wèn tí, tā lèng le yí xià, méi yǒu mǎ shàng huí dá.Hearing this question, he paused for a moment and did not answer right away.
听到Tīng dàoto hear这个zhè ge(pronoun) this问题wèn tíquestion，他tāhe愣lèngto look distracted了le(completed action)一下yí xiàall at once，没有méi yǒuhaven't马上mǎ shàngat once回答huí dáto reply。