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痛苦 tòngkǔ

痛苦 tòngkǔ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 痛苦 tòngkǔ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tòngkǔ | tong4 ku3
English translation
pain
suffering
painful
CL:
>[gè]

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Traditional form

痛苦 tòngkǔ

Part of speech

Nounal adjective / 名形词 Míngxíng cí
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Etymology of 痛苦 tòngkǔ

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tòng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yǒng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

yǒng

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

疒甬

Number of Strokes

12

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

cǎo

Positional decomposition

艹古

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 痛苦 tòngkǔ

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玫瑰 méi guī jiē yǒu (快乐 kuàilè 之中 zhī zhōng yǒu 痛苦 tòngkǔ ).

There's no rose without a thorn.

现在 xiànzài ,虽然 suīrán 饿 è de 痛苦 tòngkǔ 已经 yǐjīng 不再 bù zài 那么 nà me 敏锐 mǐnruì , què 感到 gǎn dào le 虚弱 xū ruò .

Though the hunger pangs were no longer so exquisite , he realized that he was weak.

安东尼奥: kān zhāo dōu Líng 感到 gǎn dào hěn 痛苦 tòngkǔ , 阿尔塞.

Antonidas: It pains me to even look at you, Arthas.

只有 zhǐyǒu dāng 剧中人物 rénwù xiàng 我们 wǒmen 一样 yīyàng shòu le Yìng shòu de ,经历 jīnglì le 恐惧 kǒngjù 痛苦 tòngkǔ ,人们 rén men cái huì 同情 tóngqíng 恐惧 kǒngjù .

Pity is occasioned by undeserved misfortune and fear by the suffering of one like ourselves.

伤员 shāng yuán 发出 fā chū 一阵 yī zhèn 痛苦 tòngkǔ de 叫喊 jiào hǎn shēng .

The wounded man let out a cry of pain.

痛苦 tòngkǔ Decomposition

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痛苦 tòngkǔ Compounds

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