伤 (shāng): injury, to hurt
伤 (shāng) is a Chinese character meaning “injury, to hurt.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural) and 力 (structural). It ranks #660 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- injury, to hurt
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 伤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 伤害verb | shāng hài | to injure | 5 |
| 受伤verb | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries | 4 |
| 伤心adjective | shāng xīn | to grieve | 4 |
| 伤口noun | shāng kǒu | wound | 6 |
| 悲伤adjective | bēi shāng | sad | 6 |
| 损伤verb | sǔn shāng | to harm | 6 |
| 伤亡verb/noun | shāng wáng | casualties | 6 |
| 伤员noun | shāng yuán | wounded person | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 创伤noun | chuāng shāng | wound |
| 伤痕noun | shāng hén | scar |
| 伤疤noun | shāng bā | scar |
| 烧伤noun | shāo shāng | burn (injury) |
| 刺伤 | cì shāng | to stab |
| 伤感adjective | shāng gǎn | sad |
| 伤痛noun | shāng tòng | pain (from wound) |
| 擦伤noun | cā shāng | to abrade |
| 外伤noun | wài shāng | injury |
| 忧伤adjective | yōu shāng | distressed |
| 扭伤verb | niǔ shāng | a sprain |
| 割伤verb | gē shāng | to gash |
| 重伤noun | zhòng shāng | serious injury |
| 伤势noun | shāng shì | condition of an injury |
| 哀伤adjective | āi shāng | grief |
伤 appears in 101 compound words: 33 as the first character, 61 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 伤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (19)
lit. doesn't hurt the spleen or the stomach; fig. something that is not critical
fractures or other injuries from falls, blows, contusions, sprains and so on; all musculoskeletal injuries
lit. doesn't hurt the spleen or the stomach; fig. something that is not critical
fractures or other injuries from falls, blows, contusions, sprains and so on; all musculoskeletal injuries
Showing 12 of 19 idioms containing 伤.
Example Sentences
他在工作中受了轻伤，已经去医院包扎了。
Tā zài gōngzuò zhōng shòu le qīngshāng, yǐjīng qù yīyuàn bāozā le.
He suffered a minor injury at work and has already gone to the hospital for bandaging.
沙巴附近海域7.1级地震 暂未有伤亡报告
shā bā fù jìn hǎi yù . jí dì zhèn zàn wèi yǒu shāng wáng bào gào
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes waters near Sabah; no casualties reported so far.
...柱Tesla自炒撼栏 车头铲上行人路幸无伤
. . . zhù T e s l a zì chǎo hàn lán chē tóu chǎn shàng háng rén lù xìng wú shāng
... The front of the car was shoveled on the pedestrian road, and fortunately, there was no injury
维州里士满爆大规模枪击事件 2死7伤
wéi zhōu lǐ shì mǎn bào dà guī mó qiāng jī shì jiàn 2 sǐ 7 shāng
Richmond, Victoria, mass shooting killed 2 dead and 7 injured
...全部队向反政府示威者开火 造成至少12人伤亡
. . . quán bù duì xiàng fǎn zhèng fǔ shì wēi zhě kāi huǒ zào chéng zhì shǎo rén shāng wáng
All units opened fire on anti-government protesters, resulting in at least 12 casualties.
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mǎ dào píng ān jù jué rén cóng zhòng shāng hài , chūn jié fáng cǎi tà zhǐ nán . .
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你知道悲伤的滋味么？
Nǐ zhīdào bēishāng de zīwèi me?
Do you know what sadness feels like?
汤姆和玛莉受伤了吗？
Tāngmǔ hé mǎ lì shòushāng le ma?
Were Tom and Mary injured?
谁弄伤了妳的鼻子？
Shéi nòngshāng le nǐ de bízi?
Who broke your nose?
她的悲伤无法言喻。
Tā de bēishāng wúfǎ yányù.
No words can express her deep sorrow.
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