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眩暈

简眩晕 · 繁眩暈

Mandarin · pinyin xuàn yùn

vertigo
dizziness
fainting
feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke)
Taiwan pr. xuàn yūn

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眩: xuàn · to confuse; dizzy, dazed, disoriented
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晕: yūn · halo in sky; fog; dizzy, faint

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4–4 · xuan4 yun4

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jyun6 wan4

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verb

(medicine) to feel head spinning; to have vertigo

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