tòng
adjective HSK 7 #1,311

Meanings

  1. 1 pain; ache; painful
  2. 2 deeply; thoroughly
  3. 3 to ache; to hurt

Characters

Contains the illness radical , indicating a physical sensation related to sickness or discomfort.

Examples

Wǒ tóu tòng.
I have a headache.
Dùzi hǎo tòng a!
My stomach really hurts!
Shīqù tā ràng wǒ hěn tòngkǔ.
Losing him made me very painful.
Tā tòngkū le yī chǎng.
He had a good cry.

Tips

usage
describes both physical pain (头痛, headache; , toothache) and emotional pain (, heartache; 痛苦, suffering). As an adverb it means 'deeply': 痛哭 (cry bitterly), 痛恨 (hate deeply).

Stroke Order

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