伤兵 (shāng bīng) — wounded soldier | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wounded soldier

Measure word · 个

伤兵。
Zhàn chǎng shàng yǒu hěn duō shāng bīng.
There are many wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
伤兵。
Yī shēng zhèng zài gěi shāng bīng zhì liáo.
The doctor is treating the wounded soldier.
伤兵。
Zhè xiē shāng bīng bèi sòng dào le hòu fāng yī yuàn.
These wounded soldiers were sent to a rear hospital.

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 gives wounded and 兵 gives soldier, meaning wounded soldier.

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

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.

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

兵 combines 斤, a short axe, with 廾, two hands, showing a pair of hands holding a weapon.

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