暈船

See also: 晕船

Chinese

		dizzy; ring around moon or sun; confused dizzy; ring around moon or sun; confused; giddy; faint; swoon; lose consciousness; pass out	a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (暈船)		暈	船
simp. (晕船)		晕	船

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yùnchuán, yūnchuán

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ, ㄩㄣㄔㄨㄢˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yun¹ cuan²
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ syun⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): yn⁵ son⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hìn-sòn
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yon ⁶zoe; ⁶yun ⁶zoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùnchuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùnchuán
  - Wade–Giles: yün⁴-chʻuan²
  - Yale: yùn-chwán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunnchwan
  - Palladius: юньчуань (junʹčuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yūnchuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣㄔㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yunchuán
  - Wade–Giles: yün¹-chʻuan²
  - Yale: yūn-chwán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iunchwan
  - Palladius: юньчуань (junʹčuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yun¹ cuan²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: wencuan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵⁵ t͡sʰuan²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan⁴ syun⁴
  - Yale: wàhn syùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ syn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ xun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ syːn²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: yn⁵ son⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn¹¹ sɵn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hìn-sòn
  - Hakka Romanization System: hin^ˇ son^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hin² son²
  - Sinological IPA: /hin¹¹ son¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yon ⁶zoe; ⁶yun ⁶zoe
  - MiniDict: yon^去 zoe^去; yuin^去 zoe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhion ³zoe; ³hhyn ³zoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioŋ³³ zø²³/, /ɦyn³³ zø²³/

Verb

暈船

to become seasick
海面波濤洶湧，近半數旅客暈船。 [MSC, trad.]
海面波涛汹涌，近半数旅客晕船。 [MSC, simp.]
Hǎimiàn bōtāoxiōngyǒng, jìn bànshù lǚkè yùnchuán. [Pinyin]
The sea was rough and nearly half of the passengers were seasick.
(figurative, euphemistic) fallen for someone hard

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 暈船 (“to become seasick”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		暈船
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	暈船
	Harbin	暈船
	Singapore	暈船
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	暈船
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	暈船
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	暈船
	Wanrong	暈船
	Xi'an	暈船
	Xining	暈船
	Xuzhou	暈船
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	暈船
	Lanzhou	暈船
	Ürümqi	暈船
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	暈船
	Wuhan	暈船, 暈浪
	Guiyang	暈船
	Liuzhou	昏船, 悶船
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	暈船
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	暈船
Cantonese	Guangzhou	暈船浪, 暈浪
	Hong Kong	暈船浪, 暈浪
	Dongguan	暈浪, 暈船
Gan	Nanchang	暈船
Gan	Lichuan	暈船
Hakka	Meixian	昏船
	Yudu	暈船, 昏船
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	暈船
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	暈船
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	暈船
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	暈船
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	暈船
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	暈船
Huizhou	Jixi	暈船
Jin	Taiyuan	暈船
Jin	Xinzhou	暈船
Northern Min	Jian'ou	眩船
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	眩船, 苦船
Southern Min	Xiamen	眩船
	Quanzhou	眩船
	Yongchun	眩船
	Zhangzhou	眩船
	Tainan	眩船
	Haikou	眩船
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	暈船
Wu	Shanghai	疰船
	Shanghai (Chongming)	暈船
	Suzhou	疰船
	Danyang	暈船
	Hangzhou	暈船
	Ningbo	疰浪, 疰船, 暈船
	Wenzhou	暈船, 疰船
	Jinhua	暈船
Xiang	Changsha	悶船, 昏船
Xiang	Loudi	悶船, 昏船

Related terms

暈車／晕车 (yùnchē)
暈機／晕机 (yùnjī)