Pain

The character ‘疼’ (téng) means ‘pain’, which is used to construct words related with body pain. For example, ‘headache’ in Chinese is ‘头疼’ (tóu téng) and ‘stomach-ache’ is ‘肚子疼’ (tù zi téng). However, the phrase ‘you are such a pain in the ass’ can’t be translated as ‘你是屁股疼’ (nǐ shì pì gù téng), it doesn’t make sense as a literal translation. Some people will pronounce the character ‘疼’ (tòng). Here is a list of words which have ‘疼’ (téng) as part of construction.

脖子疼(bó zi téng)	Neck pain
背疼(bèi téng)	Back pain
脚疼(jiǎo téng)	Foot pain
腿疼(tuǐ téng)	Leg pain
胳膊疼 (gē bó téng)	Arm pain