头痛 tóutòng to have a headache
How to remember 头痛: 头 head + 痛 ache = to have a headache.
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How it is used
- Verb-object phrase meaning "to have a headache": 我头痛 (wǒ tóutòng) - I have a headache.
- Also used figuratively, just like English "headache," for a troublesome problem: 这件事真让人头痛 (zhè jiàn shì zhēn ràng rén tóutòng) - this matter is a real headache.
- Near-synonym 头疼 (tóuténg) means the same thing and is equally common; 疼 leans slightly more colloquial/spoken.
Example sentences
- 我头痛。 Wǒ tóutòng.My head aches.
- 现在我有些许头痛。 Xiànzài wǒ yǒu xiēxǔ tóutòng.I have a slight headache now.
- 他感冒了，头痛得厉害。 Tā gǎnmào le, tóu tòngde lìhai.He caught a cold and has a bad headache.