How to Say ‘It started hurting’ in Traditional Chinese
開始痛的
kāi shǐ tòng de
[kāishǐ tòng de]
💬 Usage Tip: The 的 at the end shows the question is about the details of something that has already happened, here when it began. You'll hear it in many past-tense questions like 你怎麼來的？ "How did you get here?"
Phrase Breakdown
開始
kāi shǐ
[kāishǐ]
to start; to begin
Verb meaning to begin an action or event.
會議九點開始。
The meeting starts at nine.
痛
tòng
[tòng]
painful; to hurt
Describes physical pain in a part of the body.
我的頭很痛。
My head hurts a lot.
的
de
[de]
(nominalizing particle)
At the end of 是…的, it turns a description into a noun-like phrase: 'a red one'.
這本書是新的。
This book is new.
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