wan4 jyun6暈眩晕眩
Jyutpingwan4 jyun6
Yalewàhn yuhn
Definition
Dizziness; a sensation of spinning or swaying.
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How it's used
While 暈眩 is understood, native speakers almost exclusively use 暈 to describe the sensation of dizziness in daily life. Using 暈眩 can sound slightly more clinical or descriptive, similar to how one might use the word vertigo in English. It is common to pair this with 覺得 or 感覺 to express the subjective experience of the room spinning.
Examples
I suddenly felt very dizzy just now.
Are you wanting to sit down and rest because you feel dizzy?
Related words
Common phrases
to feel dizzy
Common mistake
Learners often confuse 暈眩 with 暈船 or 暈車, which specifically refer to motion sickness. If you are just feeling lightheaded, stick to 暈.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
