Chinese symbol for “overwhelmed”
消魂
xiāo hún
overwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc); to feel transported
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overwhelmed is 消魂 (xiāo hún), defined as: overwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc); to feel transported.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “overwhelmed”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 应接不暇 (應接不暇) | yìng jiē bù xiá | more than one can attend to (idiom); deluged (with inquiries etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 消魂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 取消 | qǔ xiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
| 消费 (消費) | xiāo fèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 消费者 (消費者) | xiāo fèi zhě | consumer |
| 消灭 (消滅) | xiāo miè | to put an end to; to annihilate |
| 灵魂 (靈魂) | líng hún | soul; spirit |
| 鬼魂 | guǐ hún | ghost |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overwhelmed”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.