伤情 (shāng qíng) — condition of an injury (medical); sentiment, emotional sadness (literary)

Definition

Two distinct senses under one headword: medically, the condition/state of an injury; literarily, a sentimental or sorrowful feeling. The medical sense is concrete; the literary sense is an elevated synonym for 伤感.

noun
condition of an injury (medical)sentimentemotional sadness (literary)

Examples

  • 伤情。
    Yī shēng zǐ xì jiǎn chá le tā de shāng qíng.
    The doctor carefully examined the condition of his injury.
  • 伤情，。
    Bìng rén de shāng qíng bǐ jiào yán zhòng, xū yào zhù yuàn zhì liáo.
    The patient's injury condition is relatively serious and requires hospitalization.
  • 伤情。
    Zhè shǒu lǎo gē dài lái le tā xīn zhōng de shāng qíng.
    This old song brought sentimental feelings to his heart.

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
情qíngcondition

伤 means injury and 情 means condition, so 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.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng情qíng
Same sound today

情 shows 心 (heart) beside 青, which gives the sound. The heart part points to feelings and inner states.

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