頭眩

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	dizzy; dazzled
trad. (頭眩)		頭	眩
simp. (头眩)		头	眩

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): tê-hêng
• Eastern Min (BUC): tàu-hìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-hîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tao⁵ hing⁵ / tao⁵ hêng⁵

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tê-hêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰe³³ xeiŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tàu-hìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau⁵³⁻³³ ^(h-)iŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-hîn
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-hîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'hiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² hin¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² hin²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ hin²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tao⁵ hing⁵ / tao⁵ hêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thâu hîng / thâu hêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hiŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ heŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• tao5 hing5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chaoyang;
• tao5 hêng5 - Jieyang.

Verb

頭眩

1. (Min, medicine) to feel dizzy; to be giddy

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 頭暈 (“to feel dizzy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頭暈
Mandarin	Beijing	頭暈
	Taiwan	頭暈
	Jinan	頭暈
	Xi'an	頭昏
	Wuhan	頭暈, 頭昏
	Chengdu	腦殼暈, 腦殼昏
	Yangzhou	頭昏, 頭暈
	Hefei	頭暈, 頭昏
	Singapore	頭暈
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頭暈
	Hong Kong	頭暈
	Yangjiang	頭暈
	Singapore (Guangfu)	頭暈
Gan	Nanchang	頭昏
Hakka	Meixian	頭昏, 頭暈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頭昏
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頭昏
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頭昏
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頭昏
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頭昏
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頭昏
Jin	Taiyuan	頭暈, 頭昏
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭眩
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	眩, 頭眩, 頭昏
Southern Min	Xiamen	頭眩, 頭殼眩
	Quanzhou	頭眩
	Jinjiang	頭殼眩
	Zhangzhou	頭眩
	Taipei	頭楞 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	頭眩
	Chaozhou	頭眩, 頭愩
	Bangkok (Teochew)	頭眩
	Singapore (Teochew)	頭眩
	Singapore (Hainanese)	頭眩
Wu	Suzhou	頭暈
	Wenzhou	頭暈
Xiang	Changsha	腦殼暈, 頭昏
	Shuangfeng	腦殼暈
Note	GT - General Taiwnese (no specific region identified)