痛楚

Chinese

		ache; pain; sorrow	distinct; clear; orderly distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; ancient place name; surname
simp. and trad. (痛楚)		痛	楚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tòngchǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung³ co²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thòng-chhó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tòngchǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tòngchǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung⁴-chʻu³
    • Yale: tùng-chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tonqchuu
    • Palladius: тунчу (tunču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung³ co²
    • Yale: tung chó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung³ tso²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung³ co²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³³ t͡sʰɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòng-chhó͘
    • Tâi-lô: thòng-tshóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: torngzhor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɔ⁵³/

Adjective

痛楚

1. miserable; in great pain

Synonyms

• 痛苦 (tòngkǔ)
• (Hokkien) 罪過／罪过 (chē-kòa)

Noun

痛楚

1. pain; anguish; suffering

Synonyms

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• 痛苦 (tòngkǔ)
• 苦楚 (kǔchǔ)
• 苦水 (kǔshuǐ) (figurative)
• 苦處 / 苦处 (kǔchù)
• 苦難 / 苦难 (kǔnàn)
• 隱痛 / 隐痛 (yǐntòng)