昏花 (hūn huā) — blurred vision, dim eyesight | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A fixed/colloquial predicate meaning 'blurred (eyesight)', almost always used about old age or eye fatigue. It typically appears in 眼睛昏花 or with 了/的 as a stative predicate, not as a freestanding transitive verb.

verb

blurred visiondim eyesight

Examples

，昏花。
Nián jì dà le, yǎn jing hūn huā le.
As one gets older, eyesight becomes blurred.
，昏花。
Kàn shū tài jiǔ, yǎn jing yǒu diǎn hūn huā.
After reading for too long, my eyes are a bit blurry.
昏花，。
Tā yīn wèi hūn huā, zǒu lù yào xiǎo xīn.
Because of his blurred vision, he needs to be careful when walking.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

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

花huāblurred

昏 means dim and 花 means blurred, so 昏花 describes unclear eyesight.

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.

艹化花

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant

Sound part声符shēngfú

化

Same sound today

花 pairs 艹 (grass; plant) with 化, which gives the sound.

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