Headache in Chinese (Mandarin): 头疼 (tóuténg)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 头疼

• 头 / 頭

  Head.

  5 strokes

• 疼

  To hurt, to ache. 疒 (sickness) goes around it.

  10 strokes

头疼 is "head hurts". Put any body part before 疼: 肚子疼 (tummy ache), 牙疼 (toothache). In Taiwan people say 頭痛 (tóutòng).

More examples with 头疼

• 我头疼，想睡觉。

  我頭疼，想睡覺。

  Wǒ tóuténg, xiǎng shuìjiào.

  I have a headache and want to sleep.

• 妈妈头疼了。

  媽媽頭疼了。

  Māma tóuténg le.

  Mom has a headache.

How to write 头疼 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.