雾蒙蒙 (wù méng méng) — foggy; hazy; misty

Definition

Adjective meaning 'misty/foggy', used to describe weather or a scene enveloped in fog or haze. The reduplication -蒙蒙 adds a soft, hazy quality — slightly more vivid and atmospheric than plain 雾.

adjective
foggyhazymisty

Examples

  • ，雾蒙蒙，。
    Zǎo shàng qǐ lái, chuāng wài wù méng méng de, shén me dōu kàn bù qīng.
    When I got up in the morning, it was foggy outside the window, and I couldn't see anything clearly.
  • 雾蒙蒙。
    Zhè zuò shān zài wù méng méng de tiān qì lǐ xiǎn de gé wài shén mì.
    This mountain looks especially mysterious in foggy weather.
  • 雾蒙蒙，。
    Tā zhàn zài wù méng méng de hú biān, wàng zhe yuǎn fāng chū shén.
    He stood by the foggy lake, staring into the distance in a daze.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

雾wùfog
蒙蒙hazy
蒙méngcover蒙méngcover
重叠Reduplication

雾 is fog, and 蒙蒙 gives it a thick, soft, hazy look.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 霧; 雾 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
雨雨yǔrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
務
務wù霧wù
Same sound today

In the traditional form 霧, 雨, rain, is on top and 務 below gives the sound; the simplified 雾 is a shorthand.

Open 雾 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
冡
冡měng蒙méng
Same sound today

蒙 combines 艹 (grass) with 冡, which supplies the sound.

Open 蒙 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
冡
冡měng蒙méng
Same sound today

蒙 combines 艹 (grass) with 冡, which supplies the sound.

Open 蒙 →

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