晕厥 (yūn jué) — to faint | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to faint

Examples

晕厥，。
Tā tū rán yūn jué le, bèi sòng jìn le yī yuàn.
He suddenly fainted and was sent to the hospital.
，晕厥。
Yīn wèi tiān qì tài rè, yǒu jǐ gè rén yūn jué le.
Because the weather was too hot, several people fainted.
，晕厥。
Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā chà diǎn yūn jué guò qù.
Hearing this news, she almost fainted.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

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

晕yūndizzy/faint

厥juéswoon/faint

晕 relates to dizziness and 厥 to swooning, together describing fainting.

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.

日軍暈

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 →

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

厂欮厥

Meaning part形符xíngfú

厂厂chǎng

Sound part声符shēngfú

欮

欮jué厥jué

Same sound today

厥 combines 厂 as the meaning part with 欮 as the sound part.

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