- 白茫茫 báimángmáng vast expanse of whiteA vast, boundless expanse of white; used to describe sights such as mist, snow, or floodwater.
- 雾茫茫 wùmángmáng foggythickly foggy; misty and indistinct; shrouded in fog
- 茫茫然 mángmángrán at a lossdescribes being in a daze, utterly ignorant, or in the dark about a situation
- 黑茫茫 hēimángmáng pitch-blackpitch-black and vast; used to describe a scene of total darkness that seems to stretch out endlessly
- 渺渺茫茫 miǎomiǎomángmáng remote and blurredDistant and difficult to see clearly; vast and indistinct (of a landscape or visual scene)
- 苦海茫茫 kǔhǎimángmáng bitter sea of life(idiom) the sea of bitterness is vast; used to describe a life full of endless suffering and hardship
- 茫茫渺渺 mángmángmiǎomiǎo vast and hazyso distant or vast as to be indistinct and difficult to see; vast and hazy