茫然自失

Chinese

		boundless; borderless; clueless boundless; borderless; clueless; directionless
trad. (茫然自失)		茫然	自失
simp. #(茫然自失)		茫然	自失

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mángránzìshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ ㄖㄢˊ ㄗˋ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴ jin⁴ zi⁶ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mángránzìshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄖㄢˊ ㄗˋ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mángránzìhshih
    • Wade–Giles: mang²-jan²-tzŭ⁴-shih¹
    • Yale: máng-rán-dz̀-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangrantzyhshy
    • Palladius: манжаньцзыши (manžanʹczyši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ ʐän³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁴ jin⁴ zi⁶ sat¹
    • Yale: mòhng yìhn jih sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴ jin⁴ dzi⁶ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁴ yin⁴ ji⁶ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹ jiːn²¹ t͡siː²² sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

茫然自失

1. to be stunned; to feel unsettled

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茫	然	自	失
ぼう Hyōgaiji	ぜん Grade: 4	じ Grade: 2	しつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

茫(ぼう)然(ぜん)自(じ)失(しつ) • (bōzen jishitsu) 

1. stupefaction

Verb

茫(ぼう)然(ぜん)自(じ)失(しつ)する • (bōzen jishitsu suru) suru (stem 茫(ぼう)然(ぜん)自(じ)失(しつ)し (bōzen jishitsu shi), past 茫(ぼう)然(ぜん)自(じ)失(しつ)した (bōzen jishitsu shita))

1. be stunned