痛 (tòng) means Ache (pain - grieve - sorrow - deeply). Below are 13 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
昨天玩得真 痛 快。
Zuótiān wán de zhēn tòngkuai.
We had a really good time yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 痛快
这种药能缓解疼 痛 。
Zhè zhǒng yào néng huǎnjiě téngtòng.
This medicine can relieve pain.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 缓解
那段日子非常 痛 苦。
Nà duàn rìzi fēicháng tòngkǔ.
That period was extremely painful.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 痛苦
这种 痛 苦很难忍耐。
Zhè zhǒng tòngkǔ hěn nán rěnnài.
This kind of pain is hard to endure.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忍耐
他忍受着病 痛 坚持工作。
Tā rěnshòuzhe bìngtòng jiānchí gōngzuò.
He kept working while enduring the pain of illness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忍受
过多的欲望会让人 痛 苦。
Guò duō de yùwàng huì ràng rén tòngkǔ.
Too many desires bring suffering.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 欲望
吃了药以后疼 痛 缓和了一些。
Chī le yào yǐhòu téngtòng huǎnhé le yìxiē.
The pain eased somewhat after he took the medicine.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 缓和
对 痛 苦看得太多，人容易变得麻木。
Duì tòngkǔ kàn de tài duō, rén róngyì biàn de mámù.
Seeing too much suffering easily makes a person numb.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 麻木
他每周去做一次按摩，缓解肩膀的疼 痛 。
Tā měi zhōu qù zuò yí cì ànmó, huǎnjiě jiānbǎng de téngtòng.
He gets a massage once a week to ease the pain in his shoulders.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 按摩
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How is 痛 used in a sentence?
This page shows 13 sentences using 痛 (tòng, "Ache (pain - grieve - sorrow - deeply)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 痛 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 痛 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 痛 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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