愣
lèng HSK7

be in a daze

愣 lèng
staring blankly verb
to look distracted, stare blankly, or be in a daze

他愣了一下，没有反应过来。

tā lèng le yī​xià, méi​yǒu fǎn​yìng guò​lái.

He was stunned for a moment and didn't react.

rash adjective
rash, blunt, or headstrong

他这人太愣，说话不过脑子。

tā zhèi rén tài lèng, shuō​huà bù guò nǎo​zi.

He is too blunt and speaks without thinking.

unexpectedly adverb
(colloquial) unexpectedly, stubbornly, or despite expectations

他愣是没听我的劝告。

tā lèng shì méi tīng wǒ de quàn​gào.

He simply wouldn't listen to my advice.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,263rd most common 26.3 per million
Movie subtitles
3,284th most common 2.13 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.15 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
9.43 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+6123

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)