HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

目瞪口呆

mùdèng-kǒudāi

(idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned

HSK 7–9

Meaning of 目瞪口呆 in English

mùdèng-kǒudāiHSK 7–9Syllabus #8294
  1. (idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned

Example sentences

  1. 他们惊得目瞪口呆。
    tā men jīng dé mù dèng kǒu dāi。
    They were left speechless.
    Tatoeba #334419 by fucongcong · #1571 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

瞪 on its own →
dèng · to open (one's eyes) wide

HSK words with 瞪

呆 on its own →
dāi · foolish; stupid

HSK words with 呆

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences