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伤势 (shāng shì) — the condition or severity of an injury

Definition

伤势 refers to the severity or condition of an injury (轻/重), not the wound itself. Unlike 伤口 (the physical wound) or 伤 (the injury or the act of injuring), it describes how bad the damage is.

noun
the condition or severity of an injury

Examples

  • 伤势，。
    Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de shāng shì, shuō xū yào zhù yuàn.
    The doctor examined his injury condition and said he needed to be hospitalized.
  • ，伤势。
    Jīng guò zhì liáo, tā de shāng shì yǐ jīng hǎo duō le.
    After treatment, his injury condition has improved a lot.
  • 伤势。
    Zhè cì chē huò zào chéng de shāng shì fēi cháng yán zhòng.
    The injury condition caused by this car accident is very serious.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

伤shānginjury
势shìcondition

伤 (injury) and 势 (condition) together name the condition of an injury.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 傷; 伤 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
𥏻
𥏻𥏻傷shāng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 傷 shows 人, a person, and uses 𥏻 to give the sound; the simplified 伤 is a later shorthand.

Open 伤 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 勢; 势 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìpower
Sound part声符shēngfú
埶
埶yì勢shì
Same sound today

The traditional form 勢 combines 力, meaning power, with 埶 for the sound. The simplified 势 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 势 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Injury & Disability

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