盲 (máng): blind
盲 (máng) is a Chinese character meaning “blind.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亡 (structural) and 目 (structural). It ranks #2045 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 盲 losing 亡 one's sight 目; 亡 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 目 (eye) appears in many related characters such as 看 (kàn, to look, to see), 真 (zhēn, really), 着 (zhe, -ing, to wear).
Definitions
- blind
Etymology & Origin
ideographicLosing 亡 one's sight 目; 亡 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿱亡目 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 盲
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盲目adjective | máng mù | (fig.) (of one's actions) blind |
| 文盲noun | wén máng | illiterate |
| 盲点noun | máng diǎn | blind spot |
| 盲从verb | máng cóng | to follow blindly |
| 盲文noun | máng wén | braille |
| 色盲noun | sè máng | color-blind |
| 盲肠noun | máng cháng | appendix (anatomy) |
| 盲区noun | máng qū | blind spot |
| 扫盲verb | sǎo máng | to wipe out illiteracy |
| 夜盲症noun | yè máng zhèng | night blindness |
| 夜盲noun | yè máng | night blindness |
| 盲流noun | máng liú | (PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities |
| 法盲noun | fǎ máng | person who has no understanding of legal matters |
| 科盲noun | kē máng | person who is ignorant about science and technology |
| 问道于盲 | wèn dào yú máng | lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom) |
盲 appears in 54 compound words: 54 as the first character, 30 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 盲 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom); fig. to seek advice from an incompetent
lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom); fig. to seek advice from an incompetent
Example Sentences
盲人用触觉感知世界。
Máng rén yòng chùjué gǎnzhī shìjiè.
Blind people perceive the world through touch.
女生得了闭经怎么调理?盲目服用黄体酮可能掩盖真实病因吗
nǚ shēng dé le bì jīng zěn má diào lǐ ? máng mù fú yòng huáng tǐ 酮 kě néng yǎn gài zhēn shí bìng yīn ma
How to treat girls with amenorrhea? Blindly taking progesterone may hide the true cause
子宫腺肌症怎么治才科学?盲目相信偏方可能延误正规治疗吗
zǐ gōng xiàn jī zhèng zěn má zhì cái kē xué ? máng mù xiāng xìn piān fāng kě néng yán wù zhèng guī zhì liáo ma
How to treat adenomyosis scientifically? Can blindly believing in folk remedies delay formal treatment?
...冰大晒贺年相贵气逼人 超巨型红宝石手鈪闪盲网民
. . . bīng dà shài hè nián xiāng guì qì bī rén chāo jù xíng hóng bǎo shí shǒu 鈪 shǎn máng wǎng mín
... The ice is big and the New Year's greetings are expensive, and the super giant ruby bracelet flashes blind netizens
为什么在屋内也会晒黑?这些防晒盲区要注意
wéi shén má zài wū nèi yě huì shài hēi ? zhè xiē fáng shài máng qū yāo zhù yì
Why do you tan in the house too? Pay attention to these sunscreen blind spots
新春走基层|超六成受访青年认为购买潮玩盲盒是“为情..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng chāo liù chéng shòu fǎng qīng nián rèn wéi gòu mǎi cháo wán máng hé shì wéi qíng . .
Over 60% of the young people surveyed think that buying a blind box is "for the love of...
海伦凯勒眼盲，耳聋，又哑。
Hǎilún kǎi lè yǎn máng, ěrlóng, yòu yā.
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.
盲人的耳朵通常十分灵敏。
Mángrén de ěrduo tōngcháng shífēn língmǐn.
A blind person's hearing is often very acute.
善良是聋子能听盲人能看的语言。
Shànliáng shì lóngzi néng tīng mángrén néng kàn de yǔyán.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
吃胡蘿蔔可以治夜盲症。
Chī húluóbo kěyǐ zhì yèmángzhèng.
Eating carrots can help cure night blindness.
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