头昏脑涨

頭昏腦漲
tóuhūn-nǎozhàng
idiom #65,254

Meanings

  1. 1 dizzy and groggy
  2. 2 with a swimming, swollen head
  3. 3 muddled and overwhelmed

Examples

HSK 3
Zhèxiē shùzì bǎ wǒ nòng de tóuhūn-nǎozhàng.
All those numbers made me dizzy.
HSK 4
Tā liánxù jiābān sān tiān, gǎndào tóuhūn-nǎozhàng.
He worked overtime for three days straight and felt completely groggy.
HSK 7-9
Áo le yī yè, tā tóuhūn-nǎozhàng de qù shàngbān.
After a sleepless night, she went to work feeling totally muddled.

Tips

usage
The is read zhàng (the 'swollen' reading), not zhǎng. A common variant form is 头昏脑胀 - same pinyin, in place of . Both forms are interchangeable in modern use.
mistakes
Don't read the here as zhǎng. The zhǎng reading is for things going up (prices, water levels); the zhàng reading is for things swelling outward (a head, a belly).

Stroke Order

tóu
hūn
nǎo
zhǎng