伤情

傷情
shāngqíng
noun #32,637

Meanings

  1. 1 the condition of an injury (medical/legal sense)
  2. 2 (literary) heartbroken / sentimental / grieving (adjective sense)

Examples

Yīshēng zhèngzài pínggū shāngqíng.
The doctor is assessing the injury.
Shāngqíng yánzhòng, xūyào lìjí shǒushù.
The injury is severe and requires immediate surgery.
Tā dú zhe xìn, bùjīn shāngqíng luòlèi.
Reading the letter, he could not help but grieve and shed tears.

Tips

usage
Two distinct senses split by register: (1) medical/legal — 'the state of an injury,' standard in news reports and forensic contexts (伤情鉴定 'forensic assessment of injuries'); (2) classical — 'sentimental, heartbroken,' as in poetry (e.g. 李清照's 'sorrowful' verses). The literary sense is now mostly fossilized; modern speakers default to the medical reading.

Stroke Order

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