Difference between 疼 and 痛 ?

[creamyhorror]

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,050,000 Chinese (Simplified) pages for "肚子痛".

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,460,000 Chinese (Simplified) pages for "肚子疼".

Results 1 - 10 of about 103,000 Chinese (Simplified) pages for "肚疼".

Results 1 - 10 of about 216,000 Chinese (Traditional) pages for "肚子痛".

Results 1 - 10 of about 40,600 Chinese (Traditional) pages for "肚子疼".

Results 1 - 10 of about 4,420 Chinese (Traditional) pages for "肚疼".

There you have it. Noticeable slant toward "肚子痛" in traditional text. But as chrix noted, Google hits can be quite questionable - I've seen some strange results that don't add up when doing comparison searches in the past.

[kevinxa]

疼 always use in body

痛 always use in heart

[Daan]

See also this LL post for some comments that will really make you think twice about relying on Google hits

[ABCinChina]

Yup, I never knew what 疼 was until I went to China. It still sounds funny to me. In Taiwan, I don't think I've ever heard 疼.

[skylee]

In Taiwan, I don't think I've ever heard 疼.

Not even in 疼痛 and 疼愛?

[semantic nuance]

In Taiwan, I don't think I've ever heard 疼.

Personally, I use both 痛 and 疼. Sometimes, I would say 痛死啦! while sometimes I would use 疼死啦! I guess it's just a choice. They're the same!

[ning22047]

as far as i know, 疼 and 痛 are almost the same words of chinese in main land china.

[Flover]

i don't think there are any difference between the two words, i think it's just the different habit to say that separately, what the reason is that it's more convenient to express the meaning for speaking Chinese to use one word whatever which is best.

[jzzhang]

In speaking there's no difference between 疼 and 痛.

I am born and educated in South China, when we speak '肚子痛‘ or ’脚很痛‘ no one would think strange or unnatural. However, in North China, 疼 is more often heard.

When writing there're some differences: 心疼 means love, 心痛 means broken heart.

[Inkfish]

when meaning 'physically hurt', i think 疼 is more often used in north and 痛 in south.

but they hardly have any differences in written Chinese.

but when used in certain words, they have different meanings

心痛: meaning heart broken

心疼: meaning show tender care for someone.

well, this is the only words i think of that have differences

[hongputaojiu]

Can anyone help me know the difference between

痛 pain and

疼 pain

are they interchangeable?

cheers

hongputaojiu

[rezaf]

In that meaning（verb) they are interchangeable for example 头痛，头疼 but sometimes they have other definitions or are used in combination with other characters like 疼爱，痛苦，。。。 .In these words they are usually not interchangeable.

[hongputaojiu]

thanks!

[roddy]

Merging Hongputaojiu's new topic with this old one. Hope this isn't too . . painful . . . chortle.

Edit: And then moving the old topic to the correct forum. Honestly, who runs this place, it's a mess.

[hdpxx]

During my time in Taiwan I never heard anyone say (or teach the use of) 疼.