TongTong
Sign in

负伤 (fù shāng) — to be wounded, to sustain an injury

Definition

Formal/literary verb for being wounded, typically in combat or accidents. More written than the everyday 受伤, and carries a sense of bearing injury under duress.

verb
to be woundedto sustain an injury

Examples

  • 。
    Tā zài zhàn dòu zhōng fù le shāng.
    He was wounded in battle.
  • ，。
    Tā fù guò liǎng cì shāng, dàn dōu huī fù le.
    He has been wounded twice, but recovered both times.
  • 负伤，。
    Suī rán fù shāng le, tā réng rán jiān chí gōng zuò.
    Although he was injured, he still insisted on working.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

负fùbear
伤shāngwound

The idea of 负 as bearing combines with 伤 as wound to mean suffer an injury.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 負; 负 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 負 combines 人 (person) and 貝 (cowry), with 人 written as ⺈; the simplified 负 is a later abbreviation.

Open 负 →

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 →
Appears in
Injury & Disability

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.