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伤员 (shāng yuán) — wounded person; casualty

Definition

伤员 is a person who has been wounded, used in disaster/accident reports. Contrast 伤 (the injury itself) and 伤口 (the physical wound on the body) — 伤员 names the person, not the harm.

noun
wounded personcasualty
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • ，伤员。
    Dì zhèn hòu, hěn duō shāng yuán bèi sòng jìn le yī yuàn.
    After the earthquake, many wounded people were sent to the hospital.
  • 伤员。
    Yī shēng men zhèng zài quán lì qiǎng jiù shāng yuán.
    The doctors are doing their best to rescue the wounded.
  • 伤员。
    Zhè xiē shāng yuán xū yào gèng duō de yào pǐn hé shí wù.
    These wounded people need more medicine and food.

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shāngwounded
员yuánperson

伤员 combines 伤 'wounded' and 员 'person' for someone injured.

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.

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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 員; 员 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
鼎鼎dǐngding
Sound part声符shēngfú
〇
〇líng員yuán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 員, 〇 supplies the sound and 鼎 supplies the meaning; the simplified 员 is a shortened form.

Open 员 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 6Injury & Disability

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