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受伤 (shòu shāng) — to be injured, to get hurt

Definition

受伤 focuses on the state of being hurt, often physically in an accident. Unlike 伤害 or 伤, the 受 frames it passively — something happens TO you (他受伤了 'he got hurt').

verb
to be injuredto get hurt

Examples

  • 受伤。
    Tā dǎ qiú de shí hou shòu shāng le.
    He got injured while playing ball.
  • 受伤？
    Nǐ shòu shāng le ma?
    Are you injured?
  • ，。
    Tā shòu le yí cì shāng, xiàn zài hǎo le.
    He sustained an injury once, and now he's fine.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

受shòusuffer/receive
伤shānginjury

受 as suffer joins 伤 as injury to mean being injured.

Characters in this word

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

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

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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 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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