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晕车

yùnchē

to get carsick

A pale passenger by a car window holds their stomach
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Characters in this word

晕 yūn

Strokes
10
Radical
日 — sun
Made of
日 sun 军 army, military
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

车 chē

Strokes
4
Radical
车 — cart, vehicle
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 他小时候经常晕车,所以每次长途旅行前都很紧张。 Tā xiǎo shíhou jīngcháng yùnchē, suǒyǐ měi cì chángtú lǚxíng qián dōu hěn jǐnzhāng. He often got carsick when he was young, so he was nervous before every long journey.
  • 我一坐大巴就晕车,所以总是坐在前面。 Wǒ yí zuò dàbā jiù yùnchē, suǒyǐ zǒngshì zuò zài qiánmiàn. I get carsick as soon as I ride a coach, so I always sit at the front.
  • 吃点药吧,不然你又要晕车了。 Chī diǎn yào ba, bùrán nǐ yòu yào yùnchē le. Take some medicine, or you'll get carsick again.

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