發呆

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

CEDICT

to stare blankly; to be in a daze (from fear, shock, or inattentiveness)

Wiktionary

心裡想著事情而出神的樣子。如：「他不知在想什麼，話也不說，一個人坐在那裡發呆。」也作「發獃」。

重編國語辭典

心裡想著事情而出神的樣子

維基詞典

Examples

望着天花板发呆,还不如读一读小说。

You might as well read a novel instead of staring at the ceiling.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 發 fā
  1. to send out
  2. to show (one's feeling)
  3. to issue
  4. to develop
  5. to make a bundle of money
  6. classifier for gunshots (rounds)
=2 呆 dāi
  1. foolish; stupid
  2. expressionless; blank
  3. variant of 待 dāi
=2 呆 dāi
  1. foolish; stupid (variant of 呆 dāi)
  2. expressionless; blank (variant of 呆 dāi)

Related entries

愣神兒 lèngshénr
  1. to stare blankly
  2. to be in a daze
直瞪瞪 zhídèngdèng to stare blankly
眼睜睜 yǎnzhēngzhēng
  1. to stare blankly
  2. to look on helplessly
  3. to look on unfeelingly
你以為我會眼睜睜地看著你去送死？我會閉上眼睛的。

Do you really think that I will simply watch you walk into trouble? I'd close my eyes.

Source: Tatoeba

睖 lèng
  1. to stare blankly
  2. to glare
愣 lèng
  1. to look distracted
  2. to stare blankly
  3. distracted
  4. blank
  5. (coll.) unexpectedly
  6. rash
  7. rashly
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