伤 shāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
伤亡
shāngwáng
to be injured; casualties
Characters in this word
亡 wáng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 亠 — lid, cover
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这次事故造成了多人伤亡，原因仍在调查。 Zhè cì shìgù zàochéng le duō rén shāngwáng, yuányīn réng zài diàochá. This accident caused many casualties, and the cause is still under investigation.
- 幸运的是，这场大火没有造成人员伤亡。 Xìngyùn de shì, zhè chǎng dàhuǒ méiyǒu zàochéng rényuán shāngwáng. Luckily, the big fire caused no casualties.
- 台风来临前，政府提前通知居民撤离，减少了伤亡。 Táifēng láilín qián, zhèngfǔ tíqián tōngzhī jūmín chèlí, jiǎnshǎo le shāngwáng. Before the typhoon arrived, residents were told in advance to evacuate, which reduced casualties.
Related words
- 伤 shāng to injure; injury
- 伤心 shāngxīn sad
- 受伤 shòushāng to get injured
- 伤害 shānghài to hurt; to harm
- 悲伤 bēishāng sad
- 伤口 shāngkǒu wound
- 伤员 shāngyuán wounded person
- 损伤 sǔnshāng to harm
- 创伤 chuāngshāng trauma; wound
- 救死扶伤 jiùsǐfúshāng to heal the wounded and rescue the dying
- 伤脑筋 shāngnǎojīn to be troublesome; to be a headache
- 伤残 shāngcán to be injured and disabled; disability from injury