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晕乎乎 (yūn hū hū) — dizzy, giddy, in a daze; (colloquial) feeling disoriented or overwhelmed

Definition

Colloquial adjective meaning 'dizzy / in a daze' — used for a head-spinning or muddled feeling, not a medical condition. The reduplicated 乎乎 adds a cute, vague tone, so it's more casual than simply 晕.

adjective
dizzygiddyin a daze(colloquial) feeling disoriented or overwhelmed

Examples

  • ，晕乎乎。
    Wǒ jīn tiān méi shuì hǎo, yì zhěng tiān dōu yūn hū hū de.
    I didn't sleep well today, so I've been dizzy all day.
  • ，晕乎乎。
    Tā hē le tài duō jiǔ, zǒu lù yūn hū hū de.
    He drank too much and was walking in a daze.
  • ，晕乎乎。
    Kǎo shì tí mù tài nán le, wǒ zuò dé yūn hū hū de.
    The exam questions were too hard; I was doing them in a daze.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

晕yūndizzy
乎乎state marker
乎hūmarker syllable乎hūmarker syllable

晕 gives the dizzy sense and 乎乎 adds a vivid state, so it describes being dazed.

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 暈; 晕 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
日日rìSun
Sound part声符shēngfú
軍
軍jūn暈yùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 暈 first drew 日 (the sun) ringed by lines for a halo, and later paired 日 with the sound part 軍. The simplified 晕 is a later abbreviation.

Open 晕 →

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

  • 丂丂kǎobranch

The old 乎 paired an element for wind or air with 丂, a branch used as a sound part, and was the original form of the word for 'to call; to cry'.

Open 乎 →

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

  • 丂丂kǎobranch

The old 乎 paired an element for wind or air with 丂, a branch used as a sound part, and was the original form of the word for 'to call; to cry'.

Open 乎 →
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