Meaning:

    “懵” means “confused,” and “圈” means “circle.” A slang term from northern China dialect, this phrase has been increasingly accepted into mainstream Mandarin. The image is rather vivid: Someone is confused as if he or she is lost in the woods and going in circles rather than finding the right way out.

    Example:

    A: 你不是准备在聚会的最后唱一首歌送给女友吗？

    Nǐ bùshì zhǔnbèi zài jùhuì de zuìhòu chàng yīshǒu gē sònggěi nǚyǒu ma?

    Weren’t you going to sing a song for your girlfriend at the end of the party?

    B: 是啊，可是小李忽然说他要给大家唱同样的歌。他唱得那么好听，我都懵圈了。

    Shì a, kěshì xiǎolǐ hūrán shuō tā yào gěi dàjiā chàng tóngyàng de gē。Tā chàng de nàme hǎotīng, wǒ dōu měngquān le。

    I was. But Xiao Li said he would sing the same song for us. He sang so well and I was simply dumbfounded.

    A: 你是不是特别失望？

    Nǐ shìbùshì tèbié shīwàng?

    Did it let you down?

    B: 回去的路上我还是给她唱了。

    Huíqù de lùshàng wǒ háishì gěi tā chàng le。

    Anyway, I sang the song to my girlfriend on the way home.