# 目瞪口呆 (mùdèngkǒudāi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 目瞪口呆 (mùdèngkǒudāi) means “stunned and speechless”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: stunned and speechless
- Pinyin: mùdèngkǒudāi (mu4 deng4 kou3 dai1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 听到这个消息，大家都目瞪口呆。
  Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, dàjiā dōu mùdèngkǒudāi.
  Hearing the news, everyone was stunned.

## Characters

- 目 (mù): eye; to look; to regard
- [瞪](https://hanziro.com/word/deng-stare-at/) (dèng): to stare at; to glare at
- [口](https://hanziro.com/word/kou-mouth/) (kǒu): mouth; (measure word) for bites
- [呆](https://hanziro.com/word/dai-foolish/) (dāi): foolish; blank (expression)

https://hanziro.com/word/mu-deng-kou-dai-stunned-and-speechless/

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