yūn
adjective HSK 6 #2,461

Meanings

  1. 1 dizzy; giddy
  2. 2 to faint; to pass out
  3. 3 to feel nauseous (from motion)

Examples

Wǒ tóu hǎo yūn.
I feel so dizzy.
Tā yūn guòqù le.
She fainted.
Zhàn qǐlái tài kuài huì yūn.
You'll get dizzy if you stand up too fast.
Wǒ yī zuò chuán jiù yūn.
I get dizzy the moment I'm on a boat.

Tips

usage
has two pronunciations: yūn (dizzy, to faint) and yùn (halo, ring around the sun/moon, or motion sickness as in 晕车). In casual speech, yūn is used for both.
memory
(sun) + (army) — an army marching under the blazing sun, soldiers getting dizzy.

Stroke Order

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