伤 shāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
伤残
shāngcán
to be injured and disabled; disability from injury
Characters in this word
残 cán
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 歹 — corpse
- Made of
- 歹 corpse 戋 small, narrow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 战争造成的大量伤残人口，使战后重建长期背负沉重负担。 Zhànzhēng zàochéng de dàliàng shāngcán rénkǒu, shǐ zhànhòu chóngjiàn chángqī bēifù chénzhòng fùdān. The large number of people disabled by war placed a heavy long-term burden on post-war reconstruction.
- 他伤残以后，弟弟每天推着轮椅陪他到公园散步。 Tā shāngcán yǐhòu, dìdi měitiān tuīzhe lúnyǐ péi tā dào gōngyuán sànbù. After he became disabled, his younger brother pushes his wheelchair every day and accompanies him on walks in the park.
- 这起事故造成多名工人伤残，工厂随即改进了安全设备。 Zhè qǐ shìgù zàochéng duō míng gōngrén shāngcán, gōngchǎng suíjí gǎijìnle ānquán shèbèi. This accident left several workers disabled, and the factory immediately upgraded its safety equipment.
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
- 伤亡 shāngwáng to be injured; casualties
- 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