HSK 6 · Body

昏迷 hūnmí “to fall unconscious” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 昏迷 means

  1. to fall unconscious
  2. coma
  3. to lose consciousness
  4. to be in a coma
  5. stupor
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • stunned
  • disoriented

How to say 昏迷

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale昏hūn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale迷mí2nd tone, rising

昏迷 in a sentence

  1. 患者现在处于深度昏迷状态。

    Huànzhě xiànzài chǔyú shēndù hūnmí zhuàngtài.

    The patient is in a deep coma.

    Sentence #8743959 from Tatoeba

  2. 汤姆正昏迷不醒。

    Tāngmǔ zhèng hūnmí bù xǐng.

    Tom is lying unconscious.

    Sentence #8725793 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 昏迷 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 昏 (hūn) with each of its parts in a different colour
昏hūnmuddle-headed
  • 氏clan · shì
  • 日sun · rì
The character 迷 (mí) with each of its parts in a different colour
迷míto bewilder
  • 米rice · mǐSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 米 (mǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with mí.

How to write 昏迷

昏 8 strokes · 迷 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

昏迷 (hūnmí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 昏迷 (hūnmí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 昏迷

Words with 昏

黄昏huánghūn · dusk

Words with 迷

迷路mílù · to lose the way球迷qiúmí · fan (ball sports)迷惑míhuò · to confuse迷人mírén · charming着迷zháomí · to be fascinated迷信míxìn · superstition

More words: People, Body & Health

疙瘩gēda · pimple喉咙hóulóng · throat患者huànzhě · patient化验huàyàn · laboratory test浑身húnshēn · all over (the body)胡须húxū · beard饥饿jī'è · hunger疾病jíbìng · disease

FAQs

昏迷 (hūnmí) means “to fall unconscious” or “coma”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hūnmí: hūn with a 1st tone, then mí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 昏迷 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hunmi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 昏迷 from the suggestions. Typing hunmi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
昏迷 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.