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晕头转向 (yūn tóu zhuàn xiàng) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

晕头转向 (yūn tóu zhuàn xiàng) is a Chinese word: dizzy and disoriented. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 晕头转向

成语 chéng yǔ idiom

dizzy and disoriented

他第一次来到大城市,被繁华的街道弄得晕头转向。

tā dì yī cì lái dào dà chéng shì bèi fán huá de jiē dào nòng de yūn tóu zhuàn xiàng

He came to the big city for the first time and was made dizzy and disoriented by the bustling streets.

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Word breakdown

晕 yūn — dizzy, faint

头 tóu — head

转 zhuàn — turn, spin

向 xiàng — direction

Structure & writing
1 晕 yūn — to faint; to lose consciousness
Xpinyin

晕 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1.1 日 rì — the sun
日 is a component in 67 characters
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2 头 tóu — head (of a person or animal)
Xpinyin
头 is a component in 2 characters

consists of

2.2 大 dà — large; great (in volume, area, quantity, force, intensity, etc.; opposite of 小)
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大 is a component in 34 characters
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3 转 zhuàn — to spin; to revolve around a center
Xpinyin

转 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

3.1 车 chē — wheeled land vehicle
车 is a component in 27 characters
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4 向 xiàng — to face; to turn toward (opposite of 'back')
向 is a component in 1 characters

向 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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