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頭昏眼暈

简头昏眼晕 · 繁頭昏眼暈

Mandarin · pinyin tóu hūn yǎn yūn

head spinning and blurred vision
giddy
in a faint

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頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
昏: hūn · dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark
眼: yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
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头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
晕: yūn · halo in sky; fog; dizzy, faint

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2–1–3–1 · tou2 hun1 yan3 yun1

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tau4 fan1 ngaan5 wan4

Cantonese word readings for 頭昏眼暈. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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