頭疼

See also: 头疼

Chinese

		head; (noun suffix)	(it) hurts; love fondly; ache (it) hurts; love fondly; ache; pain; sore
trad. (頭疼)		頭	疼
simp. (头疼)		头	疼
alternative forms		頭痛／头痛 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuténg

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ tang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-thiàⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóuténg
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóuténg
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-tʻêng²
    • Yale: tóu-téng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourterng
    • Palladius: тоутэн (toutɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ tang⁴
    • Yale: tàuh tàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ tang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ teng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰɐŋ²¹/
• 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/

Verb

頭疼

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

   頭疼難忍／头疼难忍  ―  tóuténg nánrěn  ―  to have an unbearable headache

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

   這真讓人頭疼。／这真让人头疼。  ―  Zhè zhēn ràng rén tóuténg.  ―  This is such a pain.

Synonyms

• 頭痛／头痛 (tóutòng)