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阵痛

zhèn tòng

2-character word Traditional 陣痛

What 阵痛 means

1. labor pains
2. (fig.) distress caused by a disruptive change

The characters in 阵痛

• 阵zhèndisposition of troops; wave; spate
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow

Example sentences

• 我的胃偶尔会阵痛。
  Wǒ de wèi ǒu'ěr huì zhèntòng.
  I have occasional pains in the stomach.

Words starting with 阵痛

• 阵痛期zhèn tòng qītrying times; painful phase

Sounds the same

Read zhèn tòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 镇痛to suppress pain