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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 目瞪口呆

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
目瞪口呆 mù dèng - kǒu dāi - (idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 22,048 16,377 20,440

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- eye
- (literary) to look; to regard
- eye (of a net); mesh
- mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4])
- item; section
- list; catalogue
- (taxonomy) order
- name; title
dèng- to open (one's eyes) wide
- to stare at
- to glare at
kǒu- mouth
- classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
- classifier for bites or mouthfuls
dāi- foolish; stupid
- expressionless; blank
- to stay (variant of 待[dai1])
dāi- stupid (variant of 呆[dai1])
- blank (variant of 呆[dai1])

Other Words Containing 目瞪口呆

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
目瞪口呆 - 9 22,048 16,377 20,440