痛苦
tòng​kǔ HSK3

pain

痛苦 tòng​kǔ
pain adjective
a state of physical or mental distress or suffering

手术后的伤口让他感到非常痛苦，甚至无法自由翻身。

shǒu​shù hòu de shāng​kǒu ràng tā gǎn​dào fēi​cháng tòng​kǔ, shèn​zhì wú​fǎ zì​yóu fān​shēn.

The post-surgery wound was so painful that he couldn't even turn over in bed freely.

painful adjective
causing or characterized by physical or emotional pain

这是一个非常痛苦的决定。

zhè shì yī gè fēi​cháng tòng​kǔ de jué​dìng.

This was a very painful decision.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
108.7 per million appears in 33% of films
Written text
72.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Cross-References

Classifier

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)