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疼爱

téng ài

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 疼愛

疼爱 (téng ài) means "to love dearly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 疼爱 means

1. to love dearly; to dote on (sb)

The characters in 疼爱

• 疼téng(it) hurts; sore; to love dearly
• 爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth)…

Example sentences

• 每个母亲都疼爱自己的孩子。
  Měi gè mǔqīn dōu téng'ài zìjǐ de háizi.
  Every mother has affection for her child.

Where 疼爱 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Affection & Personal Relations (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read téng ài correctly.
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