胧 lóng blurry
blurry; obscured
怎么记住“胧”: 月 moon + 龙 dragon = blurry. Through the evening fog, the moon rising behind the lantern dragon at the festival looks soft and blurry.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
胧 = 月 moon + 龙 dragon
- 月 moon meaning
- 龙 dragon sound
Through the evening fog, the moon rising behind the lantern dragon at the festival looks soft and blurry.
How it came to be
The moon gives the meaning and the dragon the sound, because the word was first said of the moon.
用法
- Bound to a single word: 朦胧 (ménglóng) dim, hazy, blurred, used for moonlight, mist, sleepy eyes, or vague feelings.
- It never appears alone; think of 胧 as inseparable from 朦, e.g. 睡眼朦胧 (shuìyǎn ménglóng) drowsy, bleary-eyed.