昏沉

hūnchén

adjective #51,024

Meanings

HSK 5

我没睡好，整天昏沉沉的。

Wǒ méi shuì hǎo, zhěngtiān hūnchén chén de.

I didn't sleep well; I've been groggy all day.

HSK 6

他喝醉了，头脑昏沉。

Tā hē zuìle, tóunǎo hūnchén.

He was drunk, his head muddled.

HSK 7-9

天色昏沉，像是要下雨。

Tiānsè hūnchén, xiàng shì yào xiàyǔ.

The sky is gloomy - looks like it's about to rain.

usage

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

昏 hūn

沉 chén