发呆 fādāi▶ Ngẩn ngơ

Stroke order

发呆 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 发 — 5 strokes
• 呆 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. to stare blankly
2. to be stunned
3. to be lost in thought

Related words

• 发动Khởi động, ra mắt
• 发射phóng; ra mắt
• 发布Phát hành, giải phóng
• 发扬chuyển tiếp, phát huy
• 发炎viêm; sưng viêm
• 发育Phát triển, tăng trưởng

发呆 is pronounced fādāi and means “Ngẩn ngơ”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 发呆 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.