暈 (wan4 wan6 | yun1 yun4) : faint; dizzy; halo

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暈

wan4 wan6

yun1 yun4

[粵] wan4 | [國] yun1
[1] [v] faint; swoon; pass/black out
[2] [adj] dizzy; giddy; light-headed

[粵] wan6 | [國] yun4
[n] halo around sun/moon or colour/light

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

暈 / 晕

This word has been viewed 9867 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Dec 2013 13:15

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頭暈 tau4 wan4 tou2 yun1 = dizzy

暈低 wan4 dai1 = faint away

暈酡酡 wan4 to4 to4 = daze

暈浪丸 wan4 long6 jyun4*2 yun1 lang4 wan2 = seasick pills

暈暈地 wan4 wan4*2 dei6*2 = a little dizzy

暈陀陀 wan4 to4 to4 = swaying and feeling dizzy

頭暈暈 tau4 wan4 wan4 = feeling dizzy

迷暈 mai4 wan4 = [adj] knockout, dizzying

迷暈氣體 mai4 wan4 hei3 tai2 = knockout gas

迷暈水 mai4 wan4 seoi2 = GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate), a date rape drug
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Showing all 2 examples containing 暈

佢嚇暈咗。粵
She had such a fright that she fainted.
[Compared with its English counterpart, a Cantonese sentence that uses a resultative particle (暈 in this case) is much simpler in structure. ]

佢一坐嚫船就頭暈粵
He feels dizzy every time he takes a ferry.

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Decimal representation of this word: 暈
Unicode code for this character: U+6688 (off-site link)

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