剧痛 (jù tòng) — severe pain, intense pain

Definition

noun

severe painintense pain

剧痛，。
Tā fù bù jù tòng, bèi jǐn jí sòng jìn le yī yuàn.
He had severe abdominal pain and was rushed to the hospital.
剧痛，。
Shāng kǒu chuán lái yí zhèn jù tòng, ràng tā jī hū yūn le guò qù.
A wave of intense pain came from the wound, nearly making him faint.
剧痛。
Zhè zhǒng jù tòng yòng pǔ tōng zhǐ tòng yào hěn nán huǎn jiě.
This kind of severe pain is hard to relieve with ordinary painkillers.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

剧 ('severe') and 痛 ('pain') combine to mean intense pain.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 劇; 剧 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

刀刀dāoknife

Sound part声符shēngfú

豦

豦jù劇jù

Same sound today

The traditional form 劇 pairs 豦, which gives the sound, with 刀, a knife; the simplified 剧 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

疒甬痛

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nèillness

Sound part声符shēngfú

甬

甬yǒng痛tòng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The 疒 part means illness, and 甬 gives the sound; together they form 痛, meaning pain or hurt.

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