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

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

to be stunned; to feel unsettled

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茫	然	自	失
ぼう Hyōgai	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)

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))

be stunned