伤势

傷勢
shāngshì
noun HSK 7 #11,426

Meanings

  1. 1 extent of an injury
  2. 2 condition of a wound

Characters

Literally 'injury situation' — how bad the injury is.

Examples

Tā de shāngshì hěn yánzhòng.
His injuries are very serious.
Jīngguò zhìliáo, tā de shāngshì yǐjīng hǎo duō le.
After treatment, her injuries have improved a lot.

Tips

usage
伤势 almost always appears with 严重 (serious), 稳定 (stable), or 好转 (improving). It describes the severity or state of an injury, not the injury itself — for that you'd say 伤口 (shāngkǒu, 'wound').

Stroke Order

shāng
shì