疼 (téng): ache
疼 (téng) is a Chinese character meaning “ache.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 疒 (semantic) and 冬 (phonetic). It ranks #1695 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 疼 sickness. Its radical form 疒 (illness) appears in many related characters such as 医 (yī, medicine), 病 (bìng, illness), 痛 (tòng, pain).
Definitions
- ache
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 疼
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 头疼verb | tóu téng | headache |
| 疼爱verb | téng ài | to love dearly |
| 生疼verb | shēng téng | (coll.) very painful |
| 酸疼adjective | suān téng | (of muscles) to ache |
| 站着说话不腰疼phrase | zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng | (saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter |
| 慢性疼痛 | màn xìng téng tòng | chronic pain |
| 止疼片noun | zhǐ téng piān | painkiller |
| 好了伤疤忘了疼 | hǎo le shāng bā wàng le téng | to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom) |
| 疼死 | téng sǐ | to really hurt |
| 崽卖爷田不心疼 | zǎi mài yé tián bù xīn téng | lit. the child sells the father's farm without regret (idiom) |
| 蛋疼adjective | dàn téng | (slang) ball-breaking |
| 偏疼verb | piān téng | to favor a junior |
| 疼惜verb | téng xī | to cherish |
| 胃疼 | wèi téng | stomachache |
| 烧灼疼 | shāo zhuó téng | burning pain |
疼 appears in 17 compound words: 24 as the first character, 65 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 疼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
牙疼了一晚上，今天早上去看了牙医。
Yáténg le yì wǎnshang, jīntiān zǎoshang qù kàn le yáyī.
My tooth ached all night; I went to see the dentist this morning.
女孩子下面窄到一根手指都疼是怎么回事?需要心理咨询辅助吗
nǚ hái zǐ xià miàn zhǎi dào yī gēn shǒu zhǐ dōu téng shì zěn má huí shì ? xū yāo xīn lǐ zī xún fǔ zhù ma
What's going on with a girl who is so narrow that a finger hurts? Do you need psychological counseling assistance?
女孩子下面窄到一根手指都疼是怎么回事?需要做B超检查吗
nǚ hái zǐ xià miàn zhǎi dào yī gēn shǒu zhǐ dōu téng shì zěn má huí shì ? xū yāo zuò B chāo jiǎn chá ma
What's going on with a girl who is so narrow that a finger hurts? Do you need to do an ultrasound examination?
...步失联被找到:用牛粪保温 背后真相令人心疼
. . . bù shī lián bèi zhǎo dào yòng niú fèn bǎo wēn bèi hòu zhēn xiāng lìng rén xīn téng
Missing Child Found: Kept Warm with Cow Dung—Heartbreaking Truth Revealed
日本獼猴Panchi讓人心疼 IKEA賺到廣告 16元玩偶全球賣翻
rì běn 獼 hóu 讓 rén xīn téng 賺 dào 廣 gào yuán wán ǒu quán qiú 賣 fān
The heartbreaking story of Panchi the Japanese macaque IKEA scores free publicity 16-yuan plush toy sells like hotcakes worldwide
大黃狗遭3樓丟下!肝臟碎裂 民眾救援心疼
dà 黃 gǒu zāo 樓 丟 xià ! gān 臟 suì liè mín 眾 jiù yuán xīn téng
Yellow dog thrown from 3rd floor! Liver Shattered, Citizen Rescue Heartbreaking
这里疼是吗？那是胃痛。
Zhèlǐ téng shì ma? nàshi wèitòng.
The pain is here, right? That's a stomach ache.
疼痛令人难以忍受。
Téngtòng lìngrén nányǐrěnshòu.
The pain is unbearable.
每个母亲都疼爱自己的孩子。
Měi gè mǔqīn dōu téng'ài zìjǐ de háizi.
Every mother has affection for her child.
胸口有点儿疼，所以吃不下饭。
Xiōngkǒu yǒudiǎnr téng, suǒyǐ chībuxià fàn.
My chest hurts a bit, so I am not going to eat.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 疒 (sickness) component
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