止痛

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to stop; prohibit; till	ache; pain; sorrow
simp. and trad. (止痛)		止	痛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐtòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄊㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² tung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐtòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄊㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhtòng
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-tʻung⁴
    • Yale: jř-tùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyytonq
    • Palladius: чжитун (čžitun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² tung³
    • Yale: jí tung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² tung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² tung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ tʰʊŋ³³/

Verb

止⫽痛 (verb-object)

1. to ease pain; to alleviate pain; to relieve pain

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 止痛 (“to ease pain; to alleviate pain; to relieve pain”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		止痛, 鎮痛
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	止痛
Cantonese	Hong Kong	止痛
Southern Min	Tainan	止疼2

Derived terms

• 止痛藥／止痛药 (zhǐtòngyào)

 

Etymology 2

		to stop; prohibit; till	ache; pain; sorrow
simp. and trad. (止痛)		止	痛

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-thiàⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-thiàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-thiànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'tviax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã¹¹/

Verb

止痛

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Alternative form of 止疼 (chí-thiàⁿ)
   • 2010, “毒藥”, 蕭進惠 (lyrics), 小葉 (music)‎^[1]performed by 蕭玉芬:

     明知愛情是毒藥　偏偏一嘴甲喝落　等到情火一直燒　找無止痛的解藥 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     明知爱情是毒药　偏偏一嘴甲喝落　等到情火一直烧　找无止痛的解药 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     bêng-chai ài-chêng sī to̍k-io̍h, phian-phian chi̍t chhùi kā lim lo̍h, tán kah chêng hóe it-ti̍t sio, chhōe-bô chí-thiàⁿ ê kái-io̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I clearly knew love was a poison, but I still drank it in a gulp; later when the fire of love was ceaselessly burning, I could not find a painkilling antidote.