Meaning of 晕车
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to be carsick
How to use 晕车
晕车 works like a verb meaning to get carsick, and it often follows 会 or 容易 to describe a tendency. It can also describe motion sickness on a bus or train in everyday speech. Example: 我坐汽车容易晕车。(Wǒ zuò qìchē róngyì yùnchē.) I get carsick easily when riding in a car.
晕 (yùn) has 日 (sun) on top, like the dizzy spinning feeling you get under a hot sun, and 车 (chē) means vehicle. Put them together and you get dizzy from a vehicle, which is carsick.
Common mistake: In 晕车 the 晕 is read in the fourth tone, yùn, not the first tone yūn that you hear in 晕倒 (yūndǎo, to faint). Learners also sometimes write 运 (yùn, to transport) because it sounds the same, but 晕 is the one with 日 on top.
晕车 in example sentences
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晕 yūn · confused · 10 strokes
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车 chē · car · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 晕车.
| 开车 | kāichē | to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok |
| 火车 | huǒchē | train |
| 上车 | shàng chē | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 汽车 | qìchē | car; automobile |
| 下车 | xià chē | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 车上 | chē shang | |
| 车站 | chēzhàn | rail station; bus stop |
| 车票 | chēpiào | ticket for a bus or train |
| 打车 | dǎchē | to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift |
| 停车 | tíngchē | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park |
| 出租车 | chūzūchē | taxi; (Tw) rental car |
| 自行车 | zìxíngchē | bicycle; bike |
Questions about 晕车
What does 晕车 mean?
晕车 (yùnchē) means "to be carsick".
How do you write 晕车?
晕车 is made of 2 characters: 晕 (10 strokes), 车 (4 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 晕车 an HSK word?
Yes. 晕车 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 晕车 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 晕车 is written 暈車.
How do you say seasick or airsick in Chinese?
Swap 车 for the vehicle: 晕船 (yùnchuán) is seasick and 晕机 (yùnjī) is airsick. The same pattern covers most kinds of motion sickness.
What do Chinese people say to deal with carsickness?
You may hear 晕车药 (yùnchē yào), which means motion sickness medicine. People also say 我晕车，想坐前面 (Wǒ yùnchē, xiǎng zuò qiánmiàn), I get carsick, I want to sit in front.