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昏迷 (hūn mí) — to lose consciousness; to be in a coma; to be unconscious; to be in a stupor

Definition

昏迷 is a sustained loss of consciousness — a medical/serious register term for being in a coma, deeper and longer than 晕 (a brief faint). Contrast with 昏, which emphasizes the act of fainting or becoming muddled.

verb
to lose consciousnessto be in a comato be unconsciousto be in a stupor

Examples

  • 昏迷。
    Tā tóu bù shòu zhòng jī hòu lì kè hūn mí le.
    He lost consciousness immediately after a heavy blow to the head.
  • 昏迷，。
    Bìng rén yǐ jīng hūn mí liǎng tiān le, yī shēng zhèng zài quán lì qiǎng jiù.
    The patient has been in a coma for two days, and the doctors are doing their best to save him.
  • 昏迷，。
    Tā cóng hūn mí zhōng xǐng lái shí, wán quán bú jì de fā shēng le shén me.
    When she woke up from the coma, she had no memory of what had happened.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

昏hūndazed
迷míconfused

昏 means dazed and 迷 means confused, together describing loss of consciousness.

Characters in this word

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

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

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
米
米mǐ迷mí
Same sound today

迷 uses 辵, the walking part, and 米, which gives the sound.

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