頭痛

See also: 头痛

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	ache; pain; sorrow
trad. (頭痛)		頭	痛
simp. (头痛)		头	痛
alternative forms		頭疼／头疼 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóutòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ tung³
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'teu² tung³
• Eastern Min (BUC): tàu-tiáng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-thiàⁿ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶deu-thon; ⁶deu ⁵thon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóutòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóutòng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-tʻung⁴
    • Yale: tóu-tùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourtonq
    • Palladius: тоутун (toutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ tung³
    • Yale: tàuh tung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ tung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ tung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰʊŋ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'teu² tung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈtʰɛu²⁴ tʰuŋ²¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tàu-tiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau⁵³⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)liɑŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-thiàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thâu-thiànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'tviax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰiã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰiã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² tʰiã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰiã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ tʰiã²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶deu-thon; ⁶deu ⁵thon
    • MiniDict: deu^去 thon; deu^去 thon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³deu-thon; ³deu ²thon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɤ²² tʰoŋ⁴⁴/, /dɤ³³  tʰoŋ³⁴/

Verb

頭⫽痛 (subject-predicate)

1. (medicine, intransitive) to have a headache (pain in the head)

   緊張性頭痛／紧张性头痛  ―  jǐnzhāngxìng tóutòng  ―  tension headache

2. (figurative, intransitive) to be faced with a nuisance or an unpleasant problem; to feel annoyed; to have a headache

   這真讓人頭痛。／这真让人头痛。  ―  Zhè zhēn ràng rén tóutòng.  ―  This is such a pain.

   我現在最頭痛的是，我不能平心靜氣地和我的父母談話。 [MSC, trad.]
   我现在最头痛的是，我不能平心静气地和我的父母谈话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiànzài zuì tóutòng de shì, wǒ bùnéng píngxīnjìngqì de hé wǒ de fùmǔ tánhuà. [Pinyin]

   The biggest headache for me now is that I can’t talk to my parents calmly.

3. (figurative, transitive) to be annoyed with; to be irritated with

   我一直很頭痛這個事。 [MSC, trad.]
   我一直很头痛这个事。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yīzhí hěn tóutòng zhè ge shì. [Pinyin]

   I have long been annoyed with this.

Synonyms

• (headache):

Dialectal synonyms of 頭疼 (“to have a headache”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頭疼, 頭痛
Mandarin	Taiwan	頭痛
	Harbin	頭疼
	Yantai (Muping)	頭痛
	Jinan	頭疼
	Luoyang	頭疼
	Wanrong	等腦痛
	Xi'an	頭疼
	Yinchuan	頭疼
	Lanzhou	頭疼
	Xining	頭疼
	Ürümqi	頭疼
	Wuhan	頭疼, 腦殼疼
	Chengdu	腦殼痛, 頭痛
	Guiyang	腦殼痛
	Liuzhou	頭痛
	Xuzhou	頭疼
	Yangzhou	頭疼
	Nanjing	頭疼
	Singapore	頭痛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頭赤, 頭痛
	Hong Kong	頭痛, 頭赤
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	頭痛
	Macau	頭痛
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	頭赤
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	頭痛
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	頭痛
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	頭痛
	Foshan	頭赤, 頭痛
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	頭赤
	Foshan (Shunde)	頭痛
	Foshan (Sanshui)	頭痛
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	頭痛
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	頭痛
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	頭痛
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	頭赤
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	頭赤
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	頭赤
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	頭赤
	Taishan	頭赤
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頭赤
	Enping (Niujiang)	頭赤
	Heshan (Yayao)	頭痛
	Dongguan	頭痛, 頭赤
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	頭痛
Gan	Nanchang	頭痛
	Lichuan	腦痛
	Pingxiang	腦殼痛
Hakka	Meixian	頭痛
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	頭痛
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	頭那痛
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	頭那痛
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	頭那痛
	Conghua (Lütian)	頭痛
	Yudu	腦蓋痛, 頭痛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頭那痛
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頭那痛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頭那痛
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頭那疾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頭那疾
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頭那疾
Huizhou	Jixi	頭痛
Jin	Taiyuan	頭疼
	Xinzhou	的老疼
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭疾
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頭疼
Southern Min	Xiamen	頭疼
	Quanzhou	頭疼
	Zhangzhou	頭疼
	Singapore (Hokkien)	頭疼
	Haikou	頭顱疼, 頭疼
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	頭痛
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	頭痛
Wu	Shanghai	頭裡痛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	頭爿痛
	Suzhou	頭裡痛
	Danyang	頭痛
	Hangzhou	頭痛
	Wenzhou	頭痛
	Jinhua	頭痛
Xiang	Changsha	腦殼痛
	Loudi	腦殼痛

• (to feel annoyed): (Cantonese) 頭痕／头痕 (tau⁴ han⁴)

Noun

頭痛

1. (medicine) headache

Derived terms

• 偏頭痛／偏头痛 (piāntóutòng)
• 叢集性頭痛／丛集性头痛 (cóngjíxìng tóutòng)
• 頭痛治頭，足痛治足／头痛治头，足痛治足
• 頭痛灸頭，腳痛灸腳／头痛灸头，脚痛灸脚
• 頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳／头痛医头，脚痛医脚 (tóutòng yī tóu, jiǎotòng yī jiǎo)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頭	痛
ず Grade: 2	つう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ずつう [zùtsúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zɨᵝt͡sɨᵝː]

Noun

頭(ず)痛(つう) • (zutsū) ^{←づつう (dutuu)?}

1. a headache (pain or ache in the head)
   • 1919, 芥川龍之介, 路上:

     少(すこ)し頭痛(ずつう)がするの。

     Sukoshi zutsū ga suru no.

     My head kinda hurts.

   • 2013 April 7 [2012 December 9], ONE with Murata, Yusuke, “15撃(げき)目(め)　趣(しゅ)味(み)と仕(し)事(ごと)”, in [ONEPUNCH-MAN](【ワンパンマン】), 6th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 178:

     音(おん)速(そく)のソニック？誰(だれ)ですか？その頭(ず)痛(つう)が痛(いた)いみたいな名(な)前(まえ)の人(じん)物(ぶつ)は？

     Onsoku no Sonikku? Dare desu ka? Sono zutsū ga itai mitai na namae no jinbutsu wa?

     Sonic the Sound Speed? Who’s that? Is he giving you a headache with that redundant name?

Korean

Hanja in this term
頭	痛

Noun

頭痛 • (dutong) (hangeul 두통)

1. Hanja form^? of 두통 (“headache”).