IDENTITY
疼téngto ache; to hurt
HSK 1Top 1350
CORE MEANING
to ache; to hurt
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to hurt; to acheHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 疒sickness radical (nè)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- semi-enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿸疒冬
- sickness
- gives the sound téng (historical)
USAGE
Common words
头疼tóuténgheadache
心疼xīnténgto love dearly
Graded examples
我的牙很疼。Wǒ de yá hěn téng.HSK2
My tooth hurts badly.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Sickness (疒) in the cold of winter (冬) — aching.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #1350
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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