疼痛

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

		(it) hurts; love fondly; ache (it) hurts; love fondly; ache; pain; sore	ache; pain; sorrow
simp. and trad. (疼痛)		疼	痛
alternative forms		疼疼 (thông-thiàⁿ) 痛疼 (thàng-thiàⁿ) 痛痛 (thàng-thiàⁿ)

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): téngtòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tang⁴ tung³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thông-thiàⁿ / thn̂g-thòng / thàng-thiàⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong³ tong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: téngtòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: téngtòng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻêng²-tʻung⁴
    • Yale: téng-tùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: terngtonq
    • Palladius: тэнтун (tɛntun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tang⁴ tung³
    • Yale: tàhng tung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tang⁴ tung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: teng⁴ tung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐŋ²¹ tʰʊŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thông-thiàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thông-thiànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongtviax
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ¹³⁻²² tʰiã²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰiã²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thn̂g-thòng
    • Tâi-lô: thn̂g-thòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tngtoxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàng-thiàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thàng-thiànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarngtviax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰaŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiã¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong³ tong³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tòng thòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰoŋ²¹³/

Adjective

疼痛

1. (medicine) painful; sore
2. sad; sorrowful

Noun

疼痛

1. pain; ache

   慢性疼痛  ―  mànxìng téngtòng  ―  chronic pain

   劇烈的疼痛／剧烈的疼痛  ―  jùliè de téngtòng  ―  sharp pain

Synonyms

• (dull ache) 隱痛／隐痛 (yǐntòng)

Pronunciation 2

		(it) hurts; love fondly; ache (it) hurts; love fondly; ache; pain; sore	ache; pain; sorrow
simp. and trad. (疼痛)		疼	痛
alternative forms		痛疼 痛痛

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàⁿ-thàng
    • Tâi-lô: thiànn-thàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tviartaxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaŋ²¹/

Verb

疼痛 (Southern Min)

1. to love dearly
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to take care of; to show care to

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 疼 (“to love; to be fond of; to dote on”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		疼1, 疼愛, 疼惜
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	疼1
	Malaysia	疼
	Singapore	疼1
Cantonese	Guangzhou	惜
	Hong Kong	惜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	矜
	Macau	惜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	惜, 痛
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	惜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	赤
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嬌
	Foshan	惜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	奇異
	Foshan (Shunde)	痛, 種
	Foshan (Sanshui)	痛惜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	痛惜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	惜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	惜
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	赤
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	恨
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	赤
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	惜
	Taishan	恨
	Kaiping (Chikan)	恨
	Enping (Niujiang)	恨
	Heshan (Yayao)	痛惜
	Dongguan	敬
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	敬
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	惜, 沙央
	Singapore (Guangfu)	惜
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	惜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	惜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	惜
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	惜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	惜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	惜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	惜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	惜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	惜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	惜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	惜
	Senai (Huiyang)	沙央
	Kuching (Hepo)	惜
Southern Min	Xiamen	疼2, 疼痛, 疼惜
	Quanzhou	疼2, 疼痛, 疼惜
	Zhangzhou	疼2, 疼痛, 疼惜
	Tainan	疼2, 惜, 疼痛, 疼惜
	Penang (Hokkien)	疼2, 惜, 沙央
	Singapore (Hokkien)	疼2, 惜, 沙央
	Manila (Hokkien)	疼2
	Jieyang	惜
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	惜
	Singapore (Teochew)	惜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	惜
Wu	Ningbo	值鈿

References

• “Entry #6384”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.