沉痛

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	ache; pain; sorrow
trad. (沉痛)		沉	痛
simp. #(沉痛)		沉	痛
alternative forms		沈痛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéntòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ tung³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tîm-thòng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dim⁵ tong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéntòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéntòng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-tʻung⁴
    • Yale: chén-tùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherntonq
    • Palladius: чэньтун (čɛnʹtun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ tung³
    • Yale: chàhm tung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ tung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ tung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ tʰʊŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-thòng
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-thòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dimtoxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tim²⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim¹³⁻²² tʰɔŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dim⁵ tong³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tîm thòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰoŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: drim thuwngH

Rime
Character	沉	痛
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	直深切	他貢切
Baxter	drim	thuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪm/	/tʰuŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚim/	/tʰuŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiem/	/tʰuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖjim/	/tʰəwŋH/
Li Rong	/ȡjəm/	/tʰuŋH/
Wang Li	/ȡĭĕm/	/tʰuŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯əm/	/tʰuŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chén	tòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam4	tung3

Adjective

沉痛

1. deeply grieved; sorrowful
2. (of an experience) deeply felt; bitter

Synonyms

• (deeply grieved):

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• 傷心／伤心 (shāngxīn)
• 傷悲／伤悲 (shāngbēi) (literary)
• 傷感／伤感 (shānggǎn)
• 傷懷／伤怀 (shānghuái) (literary)
• 傷痛／伤痛 (shāngtòng)
• 傷神／伤神 (shāngshén) (literary)
• 刺心 (cìxīn)
• 哀傷／哀伤 (āishāng)
• 哀切 (āiqiè)
• 哀怨 (āiyuàn)
• 哀悽／哀凄 (āiqī)
• 哀慟／哀恸 (āitòng)
• 哀戚 (āiqī) (literary)
• 哀痛 (āitòng)
• 哀苦 (āikǔ)
• 心酸 (xīnsuān)
• 怛傷／怛伤 (dáshāng) (literary)
• 悄然 (qiǎorán) (literary)
• 情傷／情伤 (qíngshāng) (literary)
• 悲催 (bēicuī) (neologism, jocular)
• 悲傷／悲伤 (bēishāng)
• 悲切 (bēiqiè) (literary)
• 悲哀 (bēi'āi)
• 悲悽／悲凄 (bēiqī)
• 悱惻／悱恻 (fěicè) (literary)
• 悽惶／凄惶 (qīhuáng) (literary)
• 悽愴／凄怆 (qīchuàng) (literary)
• 悲愴／悲怆 (bēichuàng) (literary)
• 悲慘／悲惨 (bēicǎn)
• 悲慟／悲恸 (bēitòng)
• 悲戚 (bēiqī)
• 悽戚／凄戚 (qīqī) (literary)
• 悲摧 (bēicuī) (literary)
• 悲楚 (bēichǔ) (literary)
• 悲涼／悲凉 (bēiliáng)
• 悲痛 (bēitòng)
• 悲苦 (bēikǔ)
• 感傷／感伤 (gǎnshāng)
• 愀愴／愀怆 (qiǎochuàng)
• 愁楚 (chóuchǔ) (literary)
• 惻然／恻然 (cèrán) (literary)
• 愴然／怆然 (chuàngrán) (literary)
• 慘／惨 (cǎn)
• 憂傷／忧伤 (yōushāng)
• 慘悽／惨凄 (cǎnqī)
• 憂愁／忧愁 (yōuchóu)
• 憂戚／忧戚 (yōuqī) (literary)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 憯懍／憯懔 (cǎnlǐn)
• 懤懤／㤽㤽 (chóuchóu)
• 淒切／凄切 (qīqiè)
• 淒惻／凄恻 (qīcè) (literary)
• 淒慘／凄惨 (qīcǎn)
• 淒楚／凄楚 (qīchǔ)
• 淒涼／凄凉 (qīliáng)
• 淒然／凄然 (qīrán) (literary)
• 痛心 (tòngxīn)
• 艱苦心／艰苦心 (Hokkien)
• 蒼涼／苍凉 (cāngliáng)
• 酸心 (suānxīn)
• 難受／难受 (nánshòu)
• 難過／难过 (nánguò)
• 青凊 (Hokkien)
• 黯然 (ànrán)