痛
苦

Pain in Chinese: 痛苦 (tòng kǔ)

tòng kǔ

pain

HSK 3.0 Level 32 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1pain
  2. 2suffering
  3. 3painful

Stroke order

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痛
苦

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄨㄥˋ

tòng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄎㄨˇ

kǔ

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

See 痛苦 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 被拒绝是痛苦的。

    bèi jù jué shì tòng kǔ de。

    Being rejected is painful.

  • 我知道你有痛苦。

    wǒ zhī dào nǐ yǒu tòng kǔ。

    We know you're in pain.

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Related words

苦

kǔ

bitter

痛

tòng

ache

辛苦

xīn kǔ

exhausting

艰苦

jiān kǔ

difficult

刻苦

kè kǔ

hardworking

痛快

tòng kuài

delighted

疼痛

téng tòng

pain

悲痛

bēi tòng

grieved

惨痛

cǎn tòng

bitter

吃苦

chī kǔ

to bear hardships

何苦

hé kǔ

why bother?

苦力

kǔ lì

bitter work

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