痛苦

Pinyin: tòngkǔ

pain; suffering; painful

🏮 Chinese HSK 5 adjective

Example sentence

我知道你有痛苦。

Wǒ zhīdào nǐ yǒu tòngkǔ.

We know you're in pain.

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What 痛苦 means

痛苦 (tòngkǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “pain; suffering; painful”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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