昏死

hūnsǐ
verb #32,443

Meanings

  1. 1 to faint dead away; to fall unconscious as if dead; to pass out cold

Examples

Tā tīng dào èhào, dāngchǎng hūnsǐ guòqù.
Hearing the terrible news, she fainted dead away on the spot.
Shāngyuán shīxuè guòduō, yǐjīng hūnsǐ.
The wounded man has lost too much blood and is now in a death-like coma.

Tips

usage
Stronger than 昏倒 (hūndǎo, 'faint, pass out') — 昏死 implies the loss of consciousness was so deep the person looks dead. Almost always paired with 过去 (V-complement marking completion): 昏死过去 'fainted dead away'. Common in fiction, news of accidents, and medical narratives.
mistakes
Don't take literally — the person isn't dead. here is a hyperbolic intensifier ('to the death'), the same use as in 累死 (exhausted), 笑死 (dying of laughter), 气死 (furious to death).

Stroke Order

hūn