止痛

Chinese

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

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-thiàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-thiànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'tviax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã²¹/

Verb

止痛

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

   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。 [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。 [Hokkien, simp.]

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

   [I] clearly knew [that] love was [a] poison, [but I] still drank it [without regret]; [it was too late when the] fire [of] love [was] ceaselessly burning, [because I] could not find [a] painkilling antidote.

Synonyms

• 鎮痛／镇痛 (zhèntòng)

Derived terms

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