晕菜

暈菜
yūncài
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 (dialect/colloquial) to be totally confused
  2. 2 to be dumbfounded
  3. 3 to be at a loss

Examples

Tā yī kàndào nà dào shùxué tí jiù yūncài le.
He was completely lost the moment he saw that math problem.
Tīng tā jiěshì le bàn tiān, wǒ fǎn'ér gèng yūncài le.
After listening to her explain for ages, I'm even more confused.

Tips

register
Northern Chinese slang. (dizzy) + (the slang noob/loser sense) gives a punchy 'my brain just shorted out' feel — very informal, fine in chat or with friends, avoid in formal writing.

Stroke Order

yūn
cài