Chinese word

止痛

Pronunciation

Pinyinzhǐ tòng

Meaning

  • verbrelieve pain

Example

医生给病人止痛了。yī shēng gěi bìng rén zhǐ tòng le

The doctor relieved the patient's pain.

Illustration for 止痛 (relieve pain)

More examples

这种药主要用来止痛。zhè zhǒng yào zhǔ yào yòng lái zhǐ tòng

This medicine is mainly used to relieve pain.

Core concept

The act of quieting the body's pain signal so discomfort becomes easier to bear.

Common phrases

  • 用来止痛yòng lái zhǐ tòng

    be used to relieve pain

  • 用于止痛yòng yú zhǐ tòng

    be used for pain relief

  • 能止痛néng zhǐ tòng

    can relieve pain

Similar words

镇痛zhèn tòng: Suppress and ease pain as part of medical care or through a medicine's action.
缓解huán jiě: Ease the strength of pain or another symptom so that it causes less trouble.
减轻jiǎn qīng: Make pain or another burden smaller in degree or intensity.
止疼zhǐ téng: Ease a sudden pain for a while in an informal way.

Definition in Chinese

通过药物、操作或其他措施使人不再感到或减轻疼痛。tōng guò yào wù cāo zuò huò qí tā cuò shī shǐ rén bú zài gǎn dào huò jiǎn qīng téng tòng

Word origin

止痛 (zhǐtòng, "relieve pain") joins 止 (zhǐ, "stop") + 痛 (tòng, "pain"), creating a compact verb for reducing pain rather than naming one particular remedy.

Usage tips

  • This verb can cover relief from medicine, an injection, a procedure, or another measure, so it is useful when the exact treatment is not the focus.

Related words

  • 止痛膏zhǐ tòng gāopain-relief ointmentnoun
  • 止痛贴zhǐ tòng tiēpain-relief patchnoun

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