伤害

shānghài

Traditional: 傷害

HSK 4
#613 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to hurt, to harm, to injure; harm, injury

Stroke order

Stroke order for 伤

Stroke order for 害

Examples

I don't want to hurt you.

zào

This matter caused him a lot of harm.

Please do not harm animals.

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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This word is part of lesson 13.