昏倒 (hūn dǎo) — to faint, to collapse from fainting | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to faintto collapse from fainting

Examples

，昏倒。
Tiān qì tài rè, tā hūn dǎo le.
It was too hot, and he fainted.
，昏倒。
Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā chà diǎn hūn dǎo.
Hearing the news, she almost fainted.
，昏倒。
Bìng rén xuè táng tài dī, tū rán hūn dǎo.
The patient's blood sugar was too low and suddenly collapsed from fainting.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

昏倒 combines 昏 meaning faint and 倒 meaning fall: fainting results in falling down.

Characters in this word

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

氏日昏

氏氏shì
日日rìsun

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

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

亻到倒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

到

到dào倒dào

Same sound today

倒 combines 亻 (person) with 到, which gives the sound.

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