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陣痛

陣痛

See also: 阵痛

Chinese

		disposition of troops; short period; wave disposition of troops; short period; wave; spate; burst; spell	ache; pain; sorrow
trad. (陣痛)		陣	痛
simp. (阵痛)		阵	痛

Noun

陣痛

(medicine) intermittent pains, especially labour pains; episodic pains
(figuratively) growing pains; temporary difficulties

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陣	痛
Grade: S	Grade: 6

Noun

陣痛 ‎(hiragana じんつう, romaji jintsū)

labor pains, pains caused by contraction

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhèntòng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan⁶ tung³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳn-thung
Min Nan (POJ): tīn-thòng / tīn-thiàⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: zhèntòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenntonq
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰʊŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    鎮痛／镇痛
    陣痛／阵痛
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan⁶ tung³
  - Yale: jahn tung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan⁶ tung³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn²² tʰʊŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳn-thung
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciin tung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cin⁴ tung⁴
  - IPA: /t͡sʰɨn⁵⁵ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tīn-thòng
  - Tâi-lô: tīn-thòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dixntoxng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tin⁴¹⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tin²²⁻²¹ tʰɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tin²²⁻²¹ tʰɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tīn-thiàⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tīn-thiànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dixntviax
  - IPA (Taipei): /tin³³⁻¹¹ tʰiã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin³³⁻²¹ tʰiã²¹/