Chinese symbol for “injure”
伤害
shāng hài
Traditional: 傷害
to injure; to harm
The closest CC-CEDICT match for injure is 伤害 (shāng hài), defined as: to injure; to harm.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “injure”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伤 (傷) | shāng | to injure; injury |
| 打伤 (打傷) | dǎ shāng | to injure; to wound |
| 残害 (殘害) | cán hài | to injure; to devastate |
| 加害 | jiā hài | to injure |
| 毁伤 (毀傷) | huǐ shāng | to injure; to damage |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 伤害.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 受伤 (受傷) | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc) |
| 伤心 (傷心) | shāng xīn | to grieve; to be broken-hearted |
| 悲伤 (悲傷) | bēi shāng | sad; sorrowful |
| 伤亡 (傷亡) | shāng wáng | casualties; injuries and deaths |
| 伤口 (傷口) | shāng kǒu | wound; cut |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared |
| 厉害 (厲害) | lì hai | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; a |
| 受害者 | shòu hài zhě | casualty; victim |
See also: Japanese symbol for “injure”.
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