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昏迷

hūnmí

to be unconscious; to be in a coma

A person lying unconscious in a hospital bed, a relative holding their hand
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Characters in this word

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

迷 mí

Strokes
9
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 米 rice, millet, grain
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 伤者被送到医院时仍处于昏迷状态,医生立即安排脑部扫描。 Shāngzhě bèi sòng dào yīyuàn shí réng chǔyú hūnmí zhuàngtài, yīshēng lìjí ānpái nǎobù sǎomiáo. When the injured person was taken to hospital, he was still unconscious, so the doctor immediately arranged a brain scan.
  • 老人昏迷了三天,家人一直守在床边。 Lǎorén hūnmí le sān tiān, jiārén yìzhí shǒu zài chuáng biān. The old man was unconscious for three days, and his family stayed by his bedside the whole time.
  • 她终于从昏迷中醒了过来,第一句话是要喝水。 Tā zhōngyú cóng hūnmí zhōng xǐng le guòlái, dì yī jù huà shì yào hē shuǐ. She finally woke from her coma, and her first words were a request for water.

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