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晕

yūn

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What 晕 means

1. confused
2. dizzy
3. giddy
4. to faint
5. to swoon
6. to lose consciousness
7. to pass out

Other readings

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

• yùndizzy; halo; ring around moon or sun

Example sentences

• 我头晕。
  Wǒ tóuyūn.
  I feel dizzy.
• 她几乎喝晕了。
  She almost passed out.
• 她看见血就晕了。
  Tā kànjiàn xuè jiù yūn le.
  She fainted when she saw blood.
• 我还晕晕乎乎的。
  My head still felt giddy.
• 麻烦给我点晕机药。
  Máfan gěi wǒ diǎn yùnjī yào.
  Please bring me some medicine for airsickness.
• 听到消息，她晕倒了。
  Tīngdào xiāoxi, tā yūndǎo le.
  On hearing the news, she fainted.

Words starting with 晕

• 晕倒yūn dǎoto faint; to swoon; to black out
• 晕眩yūn xuànto feel dizzy; dizziness
• 晕头转向yūn tóu zhuàn xiàngconfused and disoriented
• 晕车yùn chēto be carsick
• 晕厥yūn juéto faint
• 晕船yùn chuánto become seasick
• 晕乎yūn hudizzy; giddy
• 晕场yùn chǎngto faint from stress (during exam, on stage etc)
• 晕染yùn rǎnto smudge (become smeared); to smudge (create a blurred effect)…
• 晕机yùn jīto become airsick
• 晕死yūn sǐGeez!; Shoot!; No way!
• 晕池yùn chíto faint in the bathroom (from heat)
• 晕碳yūn tànto experience a carb coma; to feel sleepy after eating a large amount of carbohydrates
• 晕糊yūn hudizzy; giddy
• 晕菜yūn cài(dialect) to get confused; to be dumbfounded; to get dizzy
• 晕血yùn xuèto feel sick when seeing blood
• 晕针yùn zhēnto faint during acupuncture or injection
• 晕头yūn tóudizzy
• 晕血症yùn xuè zhèngblood phobia
• 晕高儿yùn gāo rto feel giddy on heights; vertigo

Words containing 晕

• 头晕tóu yūndizzy
• 眩晕xuàn yùnvertigo; dizziness; fainting
• 红晕hóng yùna reddish flush on the face (as from emotion, health or exertion)…
• 头晕目眩tóu yūn mù xuàn(idiom) to have a dizzy spell; dazzled
• 发晕fā yūnto feel dizzy
• 头晕眼花tóu yūn yǎn huāto faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
• 乳晕rǔ yùnmammary areola
• 光晕guāng yùnhalo; (photography) halation
• 圆晕yuán yùnconcentric circles; circular ripples
• 击晕jī yūnto stun; to render unconscious (with a blow)
• 月晕yuè yùnring around the moon; lunar halo
• 眼晕yǎn yùnto feel dizzy
• 血晕xuè yùncoma caused by loss of blood; fainting at the sight of blood; Taiwan pr. xiě yūn
• 迷晕mí yūnto knock sb out with a drug; to render sb unconscious
• 电晕diàn yùncorona discharge
• 日月晕rì yuè yùnhalo; ring of light around the sun or moon
• 头昏眼晕tóu hūn yǎn yūnhead spinning and blurred vision; giddy; in a faint
• 头晕脑胀tóu yūn nǎo zhàngdizzy and light-headed
• 周围性眩晕zhōu wéi xìng xuàn yùnperipheral vertigo
• 耳源性眩晕ěr yuán xìng xuàn yùnaural vertigo
• 头昏目晕tóu hūn mù yūnsee 头昏目眩
• 头晕脑涨tóu yūn nǎo zhàngvariant of 头晕脑胀

Characters built on 军

These share the phonetic component 军 (jūn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 浑húnmuddy; turbid; brainless; foolish; (bound form) simple; natural
• 荤hūnstrong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar
• 诨hùnjest; nickname
• 郓yùnused in 郓城
• 珲hún(fine jade)
• 皲jūnto chap
• 恽Yùnsurname Yun

Characters that look like 晕

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

• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 章zhāngchapter; section; clause
• 拿náto hold; to seize; to catch
• 聋lóngdeaf
• 曹cáoclass or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old)
• 菅jiān(grass); Themeda forsbali

Sounds the same

Read yūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 氲used in 氤氲
• 赟good appearance
• 奫deep and broad (expanse of water); abyss
• 缊orange color; used in 絪縕