The word 昏迷 (hūnmí), meaning "coma" or "to be unconscious", is formed through a conceptual combination where each character intensifies the other to depict a profound state of insensibility. The first character, 昏 (hūn), carries the core idea of "dusk", "dim", or "confused", evoking a metaphor of the mind dimming or fading into darkness. The second character, 迷 (mí), means "lost", "bewildered", or "confused", suggesting a state of being utterly disoriented and unable to find one's way. Together, they create a powerful composite image: not just a dimming, but a being lost in that darkness; not merely confusion, but a confusion so deep it resembles a shut-down of consciousness. The formation is a poetic and vivid compounding of two metaphors for mental obscurity to define a specific, severe medical and experiential state.