受害人

shòuhàirén

noun HSK 7 #1,972

Measure Word

一个受害人 gè

Meanings

1 victim
2 injured party

Characters

to receive; to suffer

Examples

警方正在寻找受害人。

Jǐngfāng zhèngzài xúnzhǎo shòuhàirén.

The police are searching for the victim.

受害人的家属非常悲伤。

Shòuhàirén de jiāshǔ fēicháng bēishāng.

The victim's family is extremely grief-stricken.

Tips

usage

受害人 is the formal/legal term for 'victim.' In everyday speech, 受害者 is also common. Both are interchangeable in most contexts, but 受害人 appears more often in legal documents.

Stroke Order

受 shòu

害 hài

人 rén