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tòng = tu + (e)ng4
ache / pain / sorrow / deeply / thoroughly
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How to pronounce 痛

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= tu initial

Tu is for Tommy Turtle.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng4 final

In the engine’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

痛 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
yǒng = yu + (e)ng3
Yong River 甬江[Yong3 Jiang1] in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1] / short name for Ningbo
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tǒng = tu + (e)ng3
variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
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yǒng = yu + (e)ng3
path screened by walls on both sides
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= n + e4
sick / sickness / Kang Xi radical 104 / also pr. [chuang2]
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Characters with 痛 as component

痛 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 痛

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pain / suffering / painful / CL:個|个[ge4]
pain / ache / sore
pain / (of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt / (of a person) to be in pain

Sentences with 痛

shèng
jiù
tòng
tong
kuài
kuài
de
chī
le

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tòng

ache / pain / sorrow / deeply / thoroughly

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