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嚇昏

简吓昏 · 繁嚇昏

Mandarin · pinyin xià hūn

to faint from fear
to be frightened into fits
shell-shocked

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嚇: Look up this written character
昏: hūn · dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark
吓: xià · scare, frighten; intimidate

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4–1 · xia4 hun1

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haak3 fan1

Cantonese word readings for 嚇昏. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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