生疼

shēngténg
adjective #44,411

Meanings

  1. 1 smarting; stinging
  2. 2 very painful

Examples

HSK 5
Wǒ de shǒu bèi dòng de shēngténg.
My hands stung with the cold.
HSK 7-9
Tā yì quán dǎ zài zhuōzi shàng, shǒu zhèn de shēngténg.
He slammed his fist on the table, and his hand stung from the blow.

Tips

grammar
生疼 nearly always comes after 得 as the result of something: 冻得生疼 "stinging with cold", 打得生疼 "smarting from a blow". 生 here is an old intensifier meaning "very", also found in 生怕 (to be very afraid that).

Stroke Order

生 shēng
疼 téng