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昏

hūn

HSK 6 Character

What 昏 means

1. muddle-headed
2. twilight
3. to faint
4. to lose consciousness

Other readings

昏 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hūnold variant of {昏|hūn}

Example sentences

• 汤姆正昏迷不醒。
  Tāngmǔ zhèng hūnmí bù xǐng.
  Tom is out cold.
• 我感觉昏沉沉的。
  I feel lethargic.
• 好像我快要昏倒了。
  Hǎoxiàng wǒ kuàiyào hūndǎo le.
  I think I'm going to faint.
• 我觉得我快昏倒了。
  Wǒ juéde wǒ kuài hūndǎo le.
  I feel like I'm going to faint.
• 我感觉昏昏沉沉的。
  Wǒ gǎnjué hūnhūnchénchén de.
  I feel lethargic.
• 你看起来昏昏沉沉。
  Nǐ kànqǐlai hūnhūnchénchén.
  You looked like you were dizzy.

Words starting with 昏

• 昏迷hūn míto lose consciousness; to be in a coma; stupor
• 昏暗hūn àndusky
• 昏倒hūn dǎoto faint
• 昏睡hūn shuìto sleep heavily (due to illness, fatigue etc)
• 昏昏欲睡hūn hūn yù shuìdrowsy; sleepy (idiom)
• 昏昏沉沉hūn hūn chén chén(idiom) dizzy
• 昏过去hūn guo quto faint
• 昏天黑地hūn tiān hēi dìlit. dark sky and black earth (idiom); fig. pitch dark; to black out
• 昏厥hūn juéto faint
• 昏沉hūn chénmurky; dazed; befuddled
• 昏花hūn huādim (eyesight); blurred (vision)
• 昏乱hūn luàndazed; confused; fuddled
• 昏君hūn jūnincapable ruler
• 昏头hūn tóuto lose one's head; to be out of one's mind; to be dazed
• 昏睡病hūn shuì bìngsleeping sickness; African trypanosomiasis; see also 非洲锥虫病
• 昏定晨省hūn dìng chén xǐngseeing to bed in the evening and visiting in the morning (ancient filial duty)
• 昏迷不醒hūn mí bù xǐngto remain unconscious
• 昏头昏脑hūn tóu hūn nǎoconfused; dizzy; fainting
• 昏庸hūn yōngmuddleheaded
• 昏聩hūn kuìmuddle-headed

Words containing 昏

• 黄昏huáng hūndusk; evening; nightfall
• 头昏tóu hūndizzy; giddy; one's head spins
• 发昏fā hūnto faint
• 头昏眼花tóu hūn yǎn huāto faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
• 晨昏chén hūnmorning and twilight; day and night
• 吓昏xià hūnto faint from fear; to be frightened into fits; shell-shocked
• 热昏rè hūnto be overcome by the heat
• 震昏zhèn hūnto knock out (of a jolt from an earthquake or crash)
• 黄昏恋huáng hūn liànfig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple…
• 利令智昏lì lìng zhì hūnto lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
• 晨昏定省chén hūn dìng xǐngmorning and evening visits to parents; cf 昏定晨省
• 冲昏头脑chōng hūn tóu nǎolit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom); fig. excited and unable to act rationally…
• 神志昏迷shén zhì hūn míto be in a state of delirium
• 老眼昏花lǎo yǎn hūn huāblurred vision of an old person (idiom)
• 色令智昏sè lìng zhì hūnto lose one's head over lust; sex-crazy (idiom)
• 头昏眼暗tóu hūn yǎn ànhead spinning and eyes dark (idiom); dizzy; fainting; vertigo
• 头昏脑胀tóu hūn nǎo zhàng(idiom) to feel giddy; to feel dizzy; one's head spins
• 头昏眼晕tóu hūn yǎn yūnhead spinning and blurred vision; giddy; in a faint
• 头昏脑闷tóu hūn nǎo mènfainting and giddy; one's head spins
• 目眩头昏mù xuàn tóu hūnto be dizzy and see stars
• 头昏目眩tóu hūn mù xuàn(idiom) dazed; dizzy
• 头昏脑眩tóu hūn nǎo xuàndizzying; it makes one's head spin
• 头昏脑涨tóu hūn nǎo zhàngvariant of 头昏脑胀
• 头昏目晕tóu hūn mù yūnsee 头昏目眩

Characters that look like 昏

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 香xiāngfragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 肾shènkidney
• 岳yuèwife's parents and paternal uncles

Sounds the same

Read hūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 婚(bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry
• 荤strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar
• 阍doorkeeper
• 惛confused; forgetful; silly
• 殙to die by taking poison
• 睯gloomy; depressed
• 碈used in place names