HSK 3 · Body

疼 téng “ache” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 疼 means

  1. ache
  2. sore
  3. it hurts
  4. love fondly
  5. to love dearly

How to say 疼

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale疼téng2nd tone, rising

疼 in a sentence

  1. 我的脖子还疼。

    Wǒ de bózi hái téng.

    My neck still hurts.

    Sentence #5631912 from Tatoeba

  2. 她疼得哭了。

    Tā téng de kū le.

    It hurt so much that she cried.

    Sentence #2411912 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 如果你的牙齿疼，你就应该去看牙医。

    Rúguǒ nǐ de yáchǐ téng, nǐ jiù yīnggāi qù kàn yáyī.

    If your tooth hurts, you should see a dentist.

    Sentence #5822615 from Tatoeba

How 疼 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

How to write 疼

疼 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 疼

Words with 疼

疼爱téng'ài · to love dearly心疼xīnténg · to love dearly

More words: People, Body & Health

脚jiǎo · foot body part口kǒu · mouth脸liǎn · face舒服shūfu · comfortable头发tóufa · hair on the head腿tuǐ · leg嘴zuǐ · mouth病人bìngrén · patient

FAQs

疼 (téng) means “ache” or “sore”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it téng: téng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 疼 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type teng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 疼 from the suggestions. Typing teng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
疼 is an HSK 3 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.