疾首

Chinese

		sickness; disease; hate sickness; disease; hate; envy	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
simp. and trad. (疾首)		疾	首

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶ sau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: jíshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishoou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zat⁶ sau²
  - Yale: jaht sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zed⁶ seo²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚² sɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

疾首

(literary) to have a headache due to extreme infuriation; to hate bitterly

假寐永嘆，維憂用老。心之憂矣，疢如疾首。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
假寐永叹，维忧用老。心之忧矣，疢如疾首。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Jiǎmèi yǒng tàn, wéi yōu yòng lǎo. Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, chènrújíshǒu. [Pinyin]
I lie down undressed, and sigh continually;
Through my grief I am growing old.
My heart is sad; -
It puts me in pain like a headache.

Derived terms

傷心疾首／伤心疾首
疚心疾首
疢如疾首
疾首嚬蹙

疾首痛心
疾首蹙頞
疾首蹙額／疾首蹙额
痛心疾首

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