头昏 (tóu hūn) — dizziness | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A plain everyday noun for feeling dizzy — usually mild and physical (tired, carsick, standing up too fast). Pairs naturally with 有点 or 感到一阵.

noun

dizziness

头昏，。
Wǒ jīn tiān yǒu diǎn tóu hūn, kě néng shì méi shuì hǎo.
I feel a bit dizzy today; maybe I didn't sleep well.
头昏。
Tā zhàn qǐ lái de shí hou tū rán gǎn dào yí zhèn tóu hūn.
When he stood up, he suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.
头昏。
Zuò chē shí jiān cháng le róng yì tóu hūn.
Riding in a car for a long time easily makes you dizzy.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

头tóuupper body

头 refers to the upper body part, and 昏 means dizzy, so one feels dizzy.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 頭; 头 is its simplified writing.

豆頁頭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yèhead

Sound part声符shēngfú

豆

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 頭 shows 頁, meaning head, beside 豆 as a sound component; the simplified 头 is a later shorthand.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

氏日昏

昏 combines 日 (sun) with 氏, a part showing lowering or going down. The picture is the sun going down at dusk.

Appears in