疼

• 拼音: téng
• 汉字拆解: 疼 = 疒 (sickness) + 冬 (winter, phonetic component)

含义

To hurt; to ache. Describes a physical sensation of pain.

Primarily describes physical pain: 头疼 (headache), 肚子疼 (stomachache), 腿疼 (leg pain). Can also express deep affection, as in 疼孩子 (to dote on a child). In northern China, 疼 is more commonly used for physical pain, while 痛 is preferred in the south, though both are widely understood.

例句

1. 我今天头有点疼。
2. 他跑步跑得腿疼了。
3. 奶奶最疼我了。

用法指南

语境: health, body, family affection

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 我的牙有点疼。(My tooth aches a bit.)
• 妈妈很疼她的孩子。(The mother dotes on her children.)

错误说法

• 我心疼这个东西坏了 (Don't use 心疼 for trivially broken objects — 心疼 means to feel deeply pained about something valuable being wasted; use 可惜 for general regret)

起源与历史

The character 疼 combines 疒 (sickness radical) with 冬 (winter, phonetic). The sickness radical indicates it relates to physical discomfort.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal