懵懵懂懂

Chinese

		stupid	stupid	to understand; to know	to understand; to know
simp. and trad. (懵懵懂懂)		懵	懵	懂	懂
AABB-type reduplication of 懵懂 (měngdǒng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měngměngdǒngdǒng, méngméngdǒngdǒng, mēngmēngdǒngdǒng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ ㄇㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄥˇ, ㄇㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄥˇ, ㄇㄥㄇㄥㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mung² mung² dung² dung², mung⁵ mung⁵ dung² dung²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: měngměngdǒngdǒng [Phonetic: méngméngdóngdǒng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ㄇㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄥˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meengmeengdoongdoong
  - IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: méngméngdǒngdǒng [Phonetic: méngméngdóngdǒng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄥˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengmengdoongdoong
  - IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: mēngmēngdǒngdǒng [Phonetic: mēngmēngdóngdǒng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥㄇㄥㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄥˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhengmhengdoongdoong
  - IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵⁵ mɤŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mung² mung² dung² dung², mung⁵ mung⁵ dung² dung²
  - Yale: múng múng dúng dúng, múhng múhng dúng dúng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mung² mung² dung² dung², mung⁵ mung⁵ dung² dung²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mung² mung² dung² dung², mung⁵ mung⁵ dung² dung²
  - IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ³⁵ mʊŋ³⁵ tʊŋ³⁵ tʊŋ³⁵/, /mʊŋ¹³ mʊŋ¹³ tʊŋ³⁵ tʊŋ³⁵/

Adjective

懵懵懂懂

with a muddled mind; muddle-headed
- 我懵懵懂懂過了一年　徘徊在石板路的街邊　曾經笑容燦爛　如今卻空空如也 [MSC, trad.]
  我懵懵懂懂过了一年　徘徊在石板路的街边　曾经笑容灿烂　如今却空空如也 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2017, 任然 (lyrics 雪无影), 《空空如也》
  wǒ měngměngdǒngdǒng guò le yī nián; páihuái zài shíbǎnlù de jiēbiān; céngjīng xiàoróng cànlàn; rújīn què kōngkōngrúyě [Pinyin]
  I have lived for a year muddleheadedly;
  Pacing up and down the stone path,
  I used to smile a dazzling smile,
  But my heart is now completely empty.

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