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昏沉

hūnchén
adjective #51,024

Meanings

  1. 1 dazed; groggy; muddled (of the head)
  2. 2 murky; gloomy (of light or atmosphere)

Examples

我没睡好，整天昏沉沉的。
Wǒ méi shuì hǎo, zhěng tiān hūnchénchén de.
I didn't sleep well; I've been groggy all day.
天色昏沉，像是要下雨。
Tiānsè hūnchén, xiàng shì yào xià yǔ.
The sky is gloomy — looks like it's about to rain.
他喝醉了，头脑昏沉。
Tā hēzuì le, tóunǎo hūnchén.
He was drunk, his head muddled.

Tips

usage
Often reduplicated as 昏沉沉 (hūnchénchén) for vividness. 昏 = dim/faint, 沉 = heavy/sunk — combined, both for mental fog and for heavy overcast skies.

Stroke Order

昏 hūn
沉 chén