(shāng hài) - to hurt, to harm, to injure; harm, injury in Mandarin
shānghàiTraditional: 傷害
Translation
to hurt, to harm, to injure; harm, injury
Word origin
伤害 (shāng hài) pairs 伤 (shāng), 'to wound', built on the person radical 亻, with 害 (hài), 'to harm', written under the roof radical 宀. The compound means 'to hurt', 'to harm' or 'injury'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 伤 (shāng, wound, 亻person radical) + 害 (hài, harm)
Stroke order
伤
害
Examples
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I don't want to hurt you.
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This matter caused him a lot of harm.
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Please do not harm animals.
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His words hurt me.
伤害 (shāng hài) means to hurt, harm, or injure, covering both physical and emotional harm. 伤 means wound or injury and 害 means harm or damage. Together they form a versatile verb (伤害某人, to hurt someone) and noun (造成伤害, to cause harm; 减少伤害, to reduce harm). Emotional harm (心理伤害, psychological harm) is as common a usage as physical injury (身体伤害). A related word is 受伤 (shòu shāng, to be injured).
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