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 ·

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.

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