| 痛苦 | tòng kǔ | pain / suffering / painful / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 苦苦 | kǔ kǔ | strenuously / persistently / hard / painful | |
| 惨痛 | cǎn tòng | bitter / painful / deeply distressed | |
| 酸涩 | suān sè | sour / acrid / (fig.) bitter / painful | |
| 凄怆 | qī chuàng | pitiful / painful / heartrending | |
| 火辣辣 | huǒ là là | scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful / burning / (of one's mood) agitated / heated / intense / (of a personality) fiery / sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot | |
| 劳劳碌碌 | láo láo lù lù | tiring / difficult to get by / painful | |
| 疼痛 | téng tòng | pain / (of a body part) to be painful / to be sore / to hurt / (of a person) to be in pain | |
| 火辣 | huǒ là | painful heat / scorching / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy | |
| 痛失 | tòng shī | to suffer the painful loss of (a loved one etc) / to miss out on (an opportunity) / to fail to gain (victory etc) | |
| 苦果 | kǔ guǒ | lit. bitter fruit / fig. painful consequence | |
| 生疼 | shēng téng | extremely painful | |
| 痛定思痛 | tòng dìng sī tòng | to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom) / to ponder about a painful experience | |
| 钻心 | zuān xīn | to sneak in / to infiltrate / to be piercingly painful / to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc) | |
| 虐恋 | nu:è liàn | painful love affair / sadomasochism | |
| 阿鼻地狱 | A1 bí dì yù | (Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells | |
| 热剌剌 | rè là là | smartingly painful | |
| 发痛 | fā tòng | to ache / to be sore / to feel painful | |
| 砭骨 | biān gǔ | to be extremely cold or painful | |
| 关格 | guān gé | blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine) | |
| 国际反对对动物进行痛苦试验协会 | | International Association Against Painful Experiments on Animals | |
| 苦不堪言 | kǔ bù kān yán | to suffer unspeakable misery / indescribably painful / hellish | |
| 阵痛期 | zhèn tòng qī | trying times / painful phase | |
| 火烧火燎 | huǒ shāo huǒ liǎo | restless with anxiety / to feel unbearably painful or hot | |
