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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèntòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄥˋ

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

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• 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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• 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 Meinong)
    • 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

1. (medicine) intermittent pains, especially labour pains; episodic pains
2. (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 [jìńtsúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩnt͡sɨᵝː]

Noun

陣(じん)痛(つう) • (jintsū) 

1. labor pains, pains caused by contraction