adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 absent-minded; in a daze (only in 恍惚)

Examples

Tā zuówǎn méi shuìhǎo, yìzhěngtiān dōu jīngshén huǎnghū.
He didn't sleep well last night and was in a daze all day.
Huǎnghū jiān, wǒ hǎoxiàng tīngdào yǒurén jiào wǒ de míngzi.
In a trance, I seemed to hear someone calling my name.

Tips

usage
never stands alone. It lives only in 恍惚, which means either mentally foggy and absent-minded, or, as 恍惚, in a fleeting trance-like moment.

Components

radical
xīn
heart; mind
The left-side heart radical, the upright form of . Being dazed is a state of the mind, so the heart radical marks as a mental or emotional condition.
phonetic
to neglect; suddenly
Supplies the sound: standalone is hū and keeps it exactly. The neglect sense also fits a wandering, unfocused mind, but it serves mainly as the reading.

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