ปวดฟัน

Explanation

ปวดฟัน combines ปวด, “to ache or hurt continuously,” with ฟัน, “tooth/teeth.” It functions as a predicate, as in ฉันปวดฟัน, “I have a toothache.” The pattern ปวด + body part is highly productive: ปวดหัว means “have a headache,” ปวดท้อง means “have a stomachache,” and ปวดหลัง means “have back pain.” Words describing intensity normally follow the expression: ปวดฟันนิดหน่อย means “have a slight toothache,” while ปวดฟันมาก means “have a very bad toothache.” In conversation, the subject can be omitted when it is clear. For an explicitly noun-like phrase, อาการปวดฟัน means “toothache symptoms” or “the symptom of tooth pain.”

Usage

Used in everyday conversation to report tooth pain and at a pharmacy or dental clinic to describe its severity or duration. Common questions include ปวดฟันไหม, “Does your tooth hurt?” and ปวดฟันมานานแค่ไหน, “How long have you had the toothache?”

Caution

ฟัน can refer to a single tooth or to teeth collectively, so ปวดฟัน is normally used without specifying how many teeth hurt. To identify one particular tooth, say ปวดฟันซี่นี้, “this tooth hurts,” using ซี่ as the classifier for teeth. For gum pain, use ปวดเหงือก or เจ็บเหงือก instead.

1 have a toothache synonyms

• เจ็บฟัน

  เจ็บฟัน also means that a tooth hurts, but เจ็บ is a broad word for pain or soreness. ปวดฟัน is the more usual expression for an aching or persistent toothache.