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頭昏腦悶

简头昏脑闷 · 繁頭昏腦悶

Mandarin · pinyin tóu hūn nǎo mèn

fainting and giddy
one's head spins

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頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
昏: hūn · dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark
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头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
脑: nǎo · brain
闷: mèn · gloomy, depressed, melancholy

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2–1–3–4 · tou2 hun1 nao3 men4

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tau4 fan1 nou5 mun6

Cantonese word readings for 頭昏腦悶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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