Today’s word of the day is: 晕 (yūn) which means ‘dizzy’. Let’s practice by making different words, phrases and sentences with 晕 (yūn)
.晕倒 (yūn dǎo) ‘to faint’.
The first word is 晕倒 (yūn dǎo) which means ‘to faint’. Let’s look at each character of this word, 晕 means ‘dizzy’ and 倒means ‘to fall’. A way of using it in a sentence is 他因为中暑而晕倒了。(Tā yīn wèi zhòng shǔ ér yūn dǎo le.) He fainted due to heatstroke.
晕车 (yùn chē).‘car sick’.
Another word we can create with 晕 (yūn) is 晕车 (yùn chē). This means ‘car sick’. Notice that the tone of 晕 is now in the fourth tone. Let’s again look at each character of this word, 晕 means dizzy and 车 means car. A way of using it in a sentence is 她每次坐长途车都会晕车。(Tā měi cì zuò cháng tú chē dōu huì yùn chē.) She gets car sick every time she takes a long-distance bus.
晕船 (yùn chuán) ‘sea sick’.
Finally we can create the word 晕船 (yùn chuán) which means ‘sea sick’. The 船here means ‘boat’. A way of using it in a sentence is 在海上旅行时，他常常晕船。(Zài hǎi shàng lǚ xíng shí, tā cháng cháng yùn chuán.) He often gets seasick when traveling by sea.