晕 (yūn): dizzy
晕 (yūn) is a Chinese character meaning “dizzy.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic) and 军 (phonetic). It ranks #2164 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 晕 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- dizzy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 晕
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晕倒 | yūn dǎo | to faint |
| 头晕 | tóu yūn | dizzy |
| 眩晕 | xuàn yùn | vertigo |
| 晕头转向 | yūn tóu zhuàn xiàng | confused and disoriented |
| 晕船 | yùn chuán | to become seasick |
| 发晕 | fā yūn | to feel dizzy |
| 电晕 | diàn yùn | corona discharge |
| 晕厥 | yūn jué | to faint |
| 头晕目眩 | tóu yūn mù xuàn | (idiom) to have a dizzy spell |
| 头晕眼花 | tóu yūn yǎn huā | to faint with blurred vision (idiom) |
| 晕机 | yùn jī | to become airsick |
| 红晕 | hóng yùn | a reddish flush on the face (as from emotion, health or exertion) |
| 血晕 | xiě yùn | bruise |
| 晕高儿 | yùn gāo r | to feel giddy on heights |
| 日月晕 | rì yuè yùn | halo |
晕 appears in 42 compound words: 48 as the first character, 43 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 晕 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
坐长途车容易晕车,最好提前准备好晕车药。
Zuò chángtú chē róngyì yùnchē, zuìhǎo tíqián zhǔnbèi hǎo yùnchē yào.
Long car rides easily cause motion sickness; it's best to prepare motion sickness medicine in advance.
避孕药的副作用和危害有哪些?恶心头晕是服药初期正常反应吗
bì yùn yào de fù zuò yòng hé wēi hài yǒu nǎ xiē ? è xīn tóu yūn shì fú yào chū qī zhèng cháng fǎn yīng ma
What are the side effects and harms of birth control pills? Is nausea and dizziness a normal reaction at the beginning of taking medication?
游客玩蹦极因恐高半空中晕厥,园方回应:身体无碍,后面继续游玩
yóu kè wán bèng jí yīn kǒng gāo bàn kōng zhōng yūn 厥 , yuán fāng huí yīng shēn tǐ wú ài , hòu miàn jì xù yóu wán
Tourists fainted in mid-air for fear of bungee jumping, and the park responded: The body is fine, and they will continue to play later
房屋署渔湾邨办事处六旬楼宇监督晕倒送院亡 事前曾感胸口不适
fáng wū shǔ yú wān 邨 bàn shì chǔ liù xún lóu yǔ jiān dū yūn dǎo sòng yuàn wáng shì qián céng gǎn xiōng kǒu bù shì
A sixty-year-old building supervisor of the Yue Wan Estate Office of the Housing Department fainted and died in hospital
房屋署渔湾邨办事处六旬男职员晕倒 送院抢救不治
fáng wū shǔ yú wān 邨 bàn shì chǔ liù xún nán zhí yuán yūn dǎo sòng yuàn qiǎng jiù bù zhì
A male staff member in his sixties at the Yue Wan Estate Office of the Housing Department fainted and was sent to hospital for rescue
...土耳其业余球赛现暖心一幕 海鸥遭足球击中晕倒 球员心肺复苏救回
. . . tǔ ěr qí yè yú qiú sài xiàn nuǎn xīn yī mù hǎi 鸥 zāo zú qiú jī zhōng yūn dǎo qiú yuán xīn fèi fù sū jiù huí
... A heartwarming scene in the Turkish amateur football game Seagull was hit by a football and fainted, and the player was rescued by cardiopulmonary resuscitation
中环威灵顿街地盘工人晕倒昏迷送院 事前疑行多层楼梯搬建筑材料
zhōng huán wēi líng dùn jiē dì pán gōng rén yūn dǎo hūn mí sòng yuàn shì qián yí háng duō céng lóu tī bān jiàn zhù cái liào
A construction worker at Wellington Street in Central fainted and was sent to the hospital in a coma
麻烦给我点晕机药。
Máfan gěi wǒ diǎn yùnjī yào.
Please bring me some medicine for airsickness.
我最近忙得晕头转向。
Wǒ zuì jìn máng de yūntóuzhuànxiàng.
I’ve been absolutely off my feet lately.
齐里的眼睛里泛着一层雾蒙蒙的白色光晕。
Qí lǐ de yǎnjing lǐ fàn zhe yīcéng wù méng méng de báisè guāngyùn.
Ziri had a foggy white eye.
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