晕头转向

暈頭轉向

yūntóu-zhuànxiàng

idiom HSK 7-9 #14,470

Meanings

1 confused and disoriented
2 dizzy and bewildered
3 to have one's head spinning

Characters

dizzy; to faint

to turn; to revolve

direction; toward

Examples

HSK 3

坐了一天过山车，我晕头转向的。

Zuò le yī tiān guòshānchē, wǒ yūntóu-zhuànxiàng de.

After riding roller coasters all day, my head is spinning.

HSK 4

这道题把我弄得晕头转向。

Zhè dào tí bǎ wǒ nòng de yūntóu-zhuànxiàng.

This problem has me completely confused.

Tips

usage

Can describe physical dizziness (motion sickness, spinning around) or mental confusion (overwhelmed by information, lost in a strange place). Very colloquial and vivid - often used with 把...弄得 (to make someone...).

Stroke Order

晕 yūn

头 tóu

转 zhuǎn

向 xiàng