痛打

tòngdǎ

verb #15,320

Meanings

1 to beat soundly
2 to thrash
3 to give a thorough beating

Characters

pain; thoroughly

to hit; to beat

Examples

他被人痛打了一顿。

Tā bèi rén tòngdǎ le yī dùn.

He was given a sound beating.

我们球队痛打了对手。

Wǒmen qiúduì tòngdǎ le duìshǒu.

Our team thrashed the opponents.

Tips

grammar

痛 here acts as an intensifying adverb meaning 'thoroughly/severely', not 'painfully'. Same pattern in 痛骂 (to scold harshly), 痛哭 (to cry bitterly).

Stroke Order

痛 tòng

打 dǎ