cì​tòng

sting

刺痛 cì​tòng
sting verb
to experience or cause a sudden, sharp physical pain or prickling sensation

The icy raindrops stung his skin.

hurt deeply verb
to cause intense emotional distress or mental anguish

Those critical words deeply hurt her self-esteem.

Frequency

Written text
3.17 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)