朦 (méng): used in 朦朧|朦胧
朦 (méng) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 朦朧|朦胧.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 月 (semantic) and 蒙 (phonetic). It ranks #2650 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 朦 moon. Its radical form 月 (moon) appears in many related characters such as 月 (yuè, moon, month), 有 (yǒu, to have), 朋 (péng, friend).
Definitions
- used in 朦朧|朦胧
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朦胧adjective | méng lóng | (literary) (of moonlight) dim |
| 朦骨 | méng gǔ | (archaic) Mongol |
| 朦胧诗 | méng lóng shī | Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement |
朦 appears in 3 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 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 朦 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
每个月的十五,朦亮总是又圆又亮。
měi gě yuè de shí wǔ , méng liàng zǒng shì yòu yuán yòu liàng .
On the fifteenth day of every month, the moon is always full and bright.
第五十七中学学生 赵晴熙: 平常肉眼看到月亮都是比较朦胧的,就像一个大光球一样。
dì wǔ shí qī zhōng xué xué shēng zhào qíng xī : píng cháng ròu yǎn kàn dào yuè liàng dōu shì bǐ jiào méng lóng de , jiù xiàng yī gè dà guāng qiú yī yàng .
Zhao Qingxi, a student at No. 57 Middle School: “Usually, when you look at the moon with the naked eye, it appears rather hazy, like a big ball of light.”
需要早点去,直接扎在那里,搭配着朦朦亮的天,整体的氛围感非常好看。
xū yāo zǎo diǎn qù , zhí jiē zhā zài nà lǐ , dā pèi zhe méng méng liàng de tiān , zhěng tǐ de fēn wéi gǎn fēi cháng hǎo kàn .
You should go early, set up camp right there, and with the faint glow of dawn, the overall atmosphere is absolutely stunning.
这种“见光不见灯”的朦胧感,确实拿捏住了高级。
zhè zhǒng jiàn guāng bù jiàn dēng de méng lóng gǎn , què shí ná niē zhù le gāo jí .
This sense of soft, diffused light—where you see the glow but not the source—truly captures a sense of sophistication.
婉转戏腔在夜色中徐徐上演,与光影流转交融,让王府夜游更添朦胧诗意与悠长韵味。
wǎn zhuǎn xì qiāng zài yè sè zhōng xú xú shàng yǎn , yǔ guāng yǐng liú zhuǎn jiāo róng , ràng wáng fǔ yè yóu gēng tiān méng lóng shī yì yǔ yōu cháng yùn wèi .
The melodious tones of traditional opera drift gently through the night, blending with the shifting play of light and shadow, lending the nighttime tour of the princely mansion an air of dreamlike poetry and enduring charm.
今门天怎么能么朦。
Jīn mén tiān zěnme néng me méng.
Smog was very heavy today.
Character Family
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