頭昏

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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

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

dizzy; giddy
confused; stupid

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 頭暈 (“to feel dizzy”)

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
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	頭暈, 頭昏
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	頭昏, 頭暈
Jianghuai Mandarin	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
Wu	Wenzhou	頭暈
Xiang	Changsha	腦殼暈, 頭昏
Xiang	Shuangfeng	腦殼暈
Note	GT - General Taiwnese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

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

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

(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

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