撞伤 (zhuàng shāng) — to injure (someone) by bumping/crashing into (them)

Definition

撞伤 is a single verb meaning 'injure by collision' — the bump itself causes the injury, unlike 伤害 (harming in general) or 撞 (just 'to bump'). Often used for traffic/accident contexts.

verb
to injure (someone) by bumping/crashing into (them)

Examples

  • 撞伤。
    Tā kāi chē zhuàng shāng le rén.
    He injured someone by crashing his car.
  • ，撞伤。
    Qí zì xíng chē shí, tā bù xiǎo xīn zhuàng shāng le tuǐ.
    While riding a bike, he accidentally injured his leg by bumping.
  • 撞伤。
    Zhè cì shì gù zhuàng shāng le liǎng gè rén.
    This accident injured two people by crashing.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

撞zhuàngbump
伤shānginjure

撞 is bumping into, and 伤 is injury; together they picture hurting someone by bumping into them.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
童
童tóng撞zhuàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 扌 is the hand radical, written in full as 手, and the right side 童 supplies the sound.

Open 撞 →

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 →

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