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昏

hūn

to faint; to lose consciousness

A person fainted on the floor, another fanning them
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Character

昏 hūn

Strokes
8
Radical
日 — sun
Made of
氏 clan, family 日 sun
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 他在高温车间里站了不到十分钟就昏了过去。 Tā zài gāowēn chējiān lǐ zhàn le bú dào shí fēnzhōng jiù hūn le guòqù. After standing in the high-temperature workshop for less than ten minutes, he fainted.
  • 天气太闷,一位老人在公交车上昏倒了。 Tiānqì tài mēn, yí wèi lǎorén zài gōngjiāochē shàng hūndǎo le. The weather was so stifling that an elderly person fainted on the bus.
  • 他连着加班三天,累得昏了过去,被同事送去医院。 Tā liánzhe jiābān sān tiān, lèi de hūn le guòqù, bèi tóngshì sòng qù yīyuàn. After working overtime three days in a row, he was so tired that he passed out, and colleagues took him to hospital.

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