Chinese symbol for “reactive”
头痛医头
tóu tòng yī tóu
Traditional: 頭痛醫頭
to treat the symptoms; reactive (rather than proactive)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reactive is 头痛医头 (tóu tòng yī tóu), defined as: to treat the symptoms; reactive (rather than proactive).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “reactive”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 头痛医头.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
| 镜头 (鏡頭) | jìng tóu | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc) |
| 石头 (石頭) | shí tou | stone; 块 (kuài) |
| 码头 (碼頭) | mǎ tou | wharf; dock; quay; pier |
| 回头 (回頭) | huí tóu | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by |
| 痛苦 | tòng kǔ | pain; suffering |
| 疼痛 | téng tòng | pain; (of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt |
| 医院 (醫院) | yī yuàn | hospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reactive”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.