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Chinese
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vague; vast
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so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right |
| trad. (茫然)
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茫
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然
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| simp. #(茫然)
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茫
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然
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| alternative forms
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芒然
汒然
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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然
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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rán
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nyen ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*a/
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| English
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so, thus; (adv suffix)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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茫
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然
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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12641
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10756
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Phonetic
component
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亡
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肰
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Rime
group
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陽
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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茫
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然
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Old
Chinese
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/*maːŋ/
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/*njen/
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| Notes
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見漢書
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Adjective
茫然
- boundless; borderless
- clueless; directionless
- dazed; confused; frustrated
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Adjective
茫然 • (bōzen) †-tari (adnominal 茫然とした (bōzen to shita) or 茫然たる (bōzen taru), adverbial 茫然と (bōzen to) or 茫然として (bōzen to shite))
- clueless
Korean
Noun
茫然 • (mang-yeon) (hangeul 망연)
- hanja form? of 망연 (“clueless”)
Vietnamese
Adjective
茫然
- chữ Hán form of mang nhiên (“clueless”).