Chinese Word: 晕 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

晕 (Trad.: 暈)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 5

Antonyms: 醒

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 日

Pictophonetic:军 indicates the sound; 日 (sun) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 日 [ rì ] sun; day; daytime
- 军 [ jūn ] army, military; soldiers, troops

Similar Characters: 翚

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Pinyin: yūn

English Definition:confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out

Chinese Definition:
①昏迷：晕倒。晕厥。
②头脑不清。

Example Words:

Pinyin: yùn

English Definition:dizzy; halo; ring around moon or sun

Chinese Definition:
①太阳或月亮周围形成的光圈：日晕。
②光影色泽模糊的部分：霞晕。墨晕。
③头发昏，有旋转的感觉：晕眩。晕车。眼晕。

Example Words:

红晕	hóng yùn	to blush; to flush red
眩晕	xuàn yùn	vertigo; dizziness; fainting; feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke); Taiwan pr. xuan4 yun1
晕船HSK 5	yùn chuán	to become seasick
晕车	yùn chē	to be carsick
眼晕	yǎn yùn	to feel dizzy

1		tā 他 gǎn dào 感到 tóu yūn mù xuàn 头晕目眩。 He felt dizzy and lightheaded.
2		tā 他 tóu yūn 头晕 yǎn huā 眼花， chà diǎn 差点 dǎo xià 倒下。 He felt dizzy and almost collapsed.
3		rè làng 热浪 ràng 让 wǒ 我 gǎn dào 感到 yūn hū hū 晕乎乎 de 的。 The heat wave made me feel faint.
4		zuò chē 坐车 shí 时 bú yào 不要 dú shū 读书， róng yì 容易 yùn chē 晕车。 Don't read on a car ride, it can make you feel carsick.
5		zhè chǎng 这场 xuán zhuǎn mù mǎ 旋转木马 ràng 让 wǒ 我 yūn 晕 dé 得 bù xíng 不行。 This carousel ride made me incredibly dizzy.

1		tā 他 gǎn dào 感到 tóu yūn mù xuàn 头晕目眩。 He felt dizzy and lightheaded.
2		tā 他 tóu yūn 头晕 yǎn huā 眼花， chà diǎn 差点 dǎo xià 倒下。 He felt dizzy and almost collapsed.
3		rè làng 热浪 ràng 让 wǒ 我 gǎn dào 感到 yūn hū hū 晕乎乎 de 的。 The heat wave made me feel faint.
4		zuò chē 坐车 shí 时 bú yào 不要 dú shū 读书， róng yì 容易 yùn chē 晕车。 Don't read on a car ride, it can make you feel carsick.
5		zhè chǎng 这场 xuán zhuǎn mù mǎ 旋转木马 ràng 让 wǒ 我 yūn 晕 dé 得 bù xíng 不行。 This carousel ride made me incredibly dizzy.