pain /pein/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
• (n.) emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
• (n.) a somatic sensation of acute discomfort

Chinese translation

• n. 痛苦, 疼痛, 辛苦
• vt. 使痛苦, 痛苦
• vi. 作痛, 疼

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/pein/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam

Frequency

Zipf 5.03 · Common

Word forms

pained, paining, pains

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painting · paint · painful · painter · painstaking

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