You might as well read a novel instead of staring at the ceiling.
Mandarin
我在发呆。
我在發呆。
wǒ zài fā dāi 。
I'm out of it.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
发呆
發呆
faat3 ngoi4
to be in a daze; to be idle
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
发呆
發呆
fā dāi
to be in a daze
Mandarin
杨子江是在嫱嫱和一个叫毛毛的女老师在一间有很多种水果奶昔的小店里喝着木瓜糖水发呆的时候,进了那间小店的。
楊子江是在嬙嬙和一個叫毛毛的女老師在一間有很多種水果奶昔的小店裏喝着木瓜糖水發呆的時候,進了那間小店的。
yáng zǐ jiāng shì zài qiáng qiáng hé yī ge jiào máo máo de nǚ lǎo shī zài yī jiān yǒu hěn duō zhǒng shuǐ guǒ nǎi xī de xiǎo diàn lǐ hē zhe mù guā táng shuǐ fā dāi de shí hòu , jìn le nà jiān xiǎo diàn de .
It was when Qiangqiang was staring blankly while eating papaya sweet soup with a female teacher called Maomao at a small shop selling all sorts of smoothies that Yang Zijiang entered the shop.