瞪
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dèng · to stare at

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HSK 2.0 · Level 6HSK 3.0 · Level 7-9Frequency #7103
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Shape and proportion

17Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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目Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 瞪

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Example sentences

Notice where 瞪 sits in each complete thought.

Tā men jīng dé mù dèng kǒu dāi.他们惊得目瞪口呆。

They were left speechless.

Source: Tatoeba #334419 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shuō hǎo yào dèng yǎn bǐ sài de ya!說好要瞪眼比賽的呀!

I said we're doing a staring contest!

Source: Tatoeba #1702813 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dà jiā dōu zài dèng zhe.大家都在瞪着。

People were staring at us.

Source: Tatoeba #9401479 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǚ rén dèng le wǒ mén.女人瞪了我們。

The woman glared at us.

Source: Tatoeba #6148384 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ méi xiǎng dèng zhù kàn de.我沒想瞪著看的。

I didn't mean to stare.

Source: Tatoeba #13137890 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wèn tā wèn tí de shí hòu tā lěng lěng dì dèng le wǒ yì yǎn.问她问题的时候她冷冷地瞪了我一眼。

When I asked her a question, she gave me a cold look.

Source: Tatoeba #3669427 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 瞪 in context

  1. Say dèng, then recall the core meaning: to stare at.
  2. Write all 17 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 瞪眼 (dèng yǎn), meaning “to open one's eyes wide”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 瞪 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.