頭昏

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	muddle-headed; twilight; to faint muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness
trad. (頭昏)		頭	昏
simp. (头昏)		头	昏

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuhūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ fan¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thèu-fùn

  (Hailu, HRS): teu fun

  (Meixian, Guangdong): têu² fun¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-hun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóuhūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóuhun
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-hun¹
    • Yale: tóu-hwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourhuen
    • Palladius: тоухунь (touxunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ fan¹
    • Yale: tàuh fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ fɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-fùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: teu^ˇ fun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: teu² fun²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ fun¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: teu fun
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu⁵⁵ fun⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: têu² fun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu¹¹ fun⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-hun
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-hun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'hwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² hun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/

Adjective

頭昏

1. dizzy; giddy
2. confused; stupid

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 頭暈 (“to feel dizzy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頭暈
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	頭暈
	Taiwan	頭暈
	Singapore	頭暈
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	頭暈
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	頭昏
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	腦殼暈, 腦殼昏
	Wuhan	頭暈, 頭昏
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	頭昏, 頭暈
	Hefei	頭暈, 頭昏
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頭暈
	Hong Kong	頭暈
	Yangjiang	頭暈
	Singapore (Guangfu)	頭暈
Gan	Nanchang	頭昏
Hakka	Meixian	頭昏, 頭暈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頭昏
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頭昏
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頭昏
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頭昏
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頭昏
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頭昏
Jin	Taiyuan	頭暈, 頭昏
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭眩
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	眩, 頭眩, 頭昏
Southern Min	Xiamen	頭眩, 頭殼眩
	Quanzhou	頭眩
	Jinjiang	頭殼眩
	Yongchun	頭眩
	Zhangzhou	頭眩
	Taipei	頭楞 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	頭眩
	Chaozhou	頭眩, 頭愩
	Bangkok (Teochew)	頭眩
	Singapore (Teochew)	頭眩
	Singapore (Hainanese)	頭眩
Wu	Suzhou	頭暈
	Wenzhou	頭暈
Xiang	Changsha	腦殼暈, 頭昏
	Shuangfeng	腦殼暈
Note	GT - General Taiwnese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 頭昏目眩／头昏目眩
• 頭昏眼暈／头昏眼晕
• 頭昏眼暗／头昏眼暗
• 頭昏眼花／头昏眼花 (tóuhūnyǎnhuā)
• 頭昏腦悶／头昏脑闷
• 頭昏腦脹／头昏脑胀

 

Pronunciation 2

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶deu-huen; ⁶deu ¹huen

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶deu-huen; ⁶deu ¹huen
    • MiniDict: deu^去 huen; deu^去 huen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³deu-hun; ³deu ¹hun
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɤ²² huən⁴⁴/, /dɤ³³  huən⁵³/

Verb

頭昏

1. (Wu, medicine) to feel dizzy; to be giddy

Synonyms

• 頭暈／头晕 (tóuyūn)
• (Northern Min, Hokkien, Teochew) 頭眩／头眩
• (Hokkien) 頭楞楞／头楞楞
• (Teochew) 頭愩愩／头𫺌𫺌