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茫然

茫然

Chinese

		vague; vast	correct; right; so correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
simp. and trad. (茫然)		茫	然

Adjective

茫然

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (茫然):

Japanese: 茫然 (ぼうぜん) ‎(bōzen)
Korean: 망연 (茫然, mang-yeon)
Vietnamese: mang nhiên ‎(茫然)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茫	然
ぼう Hyōgaiji	ぜん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi
(Tokyo) ぼうぜん [bòózéń] (Heiban - [0])
IPA^(key): [bo̞ːzẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

茫然 ‎(-tari inflection, hiragana ぼうぜん, romaji bōzen)

clueless

Korean

Hanja in this term
茫	然

Noun

茫然 • ‎(mang-yeon) ‎(hangeul 망연)

Hanja form^? of 망연, “clueless”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
茫	然

Adjective

茫然

Hán tự form of mang nhiên, “clueless”