HSK 5 · Emotions

疼爱 téng'ài “to love dearly” in Chinese

Traditional 疼愛

What 疼爱 means

  1. to love dearly
  2. to dote on (sb)

How to say 疼爱

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale疼téng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale爱ài4th tone, falling

疼爱 in a sentence

  1. 每个母亲都疼爱自己的孩子。

    Měi ge mǔqīn dōu téng'ài zìjǐ de háizi.

    Every mother loves her children dearly.

    Sentence #349770 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 疼爱 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 疼 (téng) with each of its parts in a different colour
疼ténghurts; sore
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 冬part of the characterSound part
The character 爱 (ài) with each of its parts in a different colour
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 友friend · yǒu

Memory aidA hand 爫 bringing a friend 友 under a cover 冖: love.

How to write 疼爱

疼 10 strokes · 爱 10 strokes

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疼爱 (téng'ài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 疼爱 (téng'ài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 疼爱

Words with 疼

疼téng · ache心疼xīnténg · to love dearly

Words with 爱

爱ài · to love可爱kě'ài · cute爱好àihào · hobby爱人àiren · husband or wife喜爱xǐ'ài · to like爱情àiqíng · romance恋爱liàn'ài · romantic love爱护àihù · to cherish爱惜àixī · to cherish亲爱qīn'ài · dear

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

轻视qīngshì · to look down on情绪qíngxù · mood热爱rè'ài · to love ardently热心rèxīn · enthusiastic痛苦tòngkǔ · pain痛快tòngkuài · delighted微笑wēixiào · smile无奈wúnài · to have no alternative

FAQs

疼爱 (téng’ài) means “to love dearly” or “to dote on (sb)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it téng’ài: téng with a 2nd tone, then ài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 疼爱 is written 疼愛. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tengai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 疼爱 from the suggestions. Typing tengai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
疼爱 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.