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痛恨

tònghèn

to detest

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to detest

02

to loathe

03

to abhor

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 痛恨 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 痛恨 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

我痛恨他的黄段子。wǒ tòng hèn tā de huáng duàn zi。

I really hate his dirty jokes.

我痛恨恐怖主义组织。wǒ tòng hèn kǒng bù zhǔ yì zǔ zhī。

I hate terrorist organizations.

父亲一生刚强,最痛恨的就是儿子活成个窝囊废的样子。fù qīn yī shēng gāng qiáng, zuì tòng hèn de jiù shì ér zi huó chéng gè wō nāng fèi de yàng zi。

The father was strong all his life, and what he hated most was seeing his son live like a loser.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 痛恨.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 痛恨.

Directly before

  • 我痛恨3
  • 最痛恨1

Directly after

  • 痛恨他1
  • 痛恨大部分1
  • 痛恨恐怖主义1
  • 痛恨的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 痛恨

What does 痛恨 mean in Chinese?

痛恨 (tònghèn) means to detest.

How do you pronounce 痛恨?

痛恨 is pronounced tònghèn.

Is 痛恨 an HSK word?

痛恨 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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