陣痛

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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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèntòng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèntòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèntòng
  - Wade–Giles: chên⁴-tʻung⁴
  - Yale: jèn-tùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenntonq
  - Palladius: чжэньтун (čžɛnʹtun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰʊŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    鎮痛 / 镇痛
    陣痛 / 阵痛
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan⁶ tung³
  - Yale: jahn tung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan⁶ tung³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen⁶ tung³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn²² tʰʊŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳn-thung
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciin tung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cin⁴ tung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn⁵⁵ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tīn-thòng
  - Tâi-lô: tīn-thòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dixntoxng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tin⁴¹⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tin²²⁻²¹ tʰɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tīn-thiàⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tīn-thiànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dixntviax
  - IPA (Taipei): /tin³³⁻¹¹ tʰiã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin³³⁻²¹ tʰiã²¹/

Noun

陣痛

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陣	痛
じん Grade: S	つう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じんつう (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

陣(じん)痛(つう) • (jintsū)

labor pains, pains caused by contraction

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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