摔伤

摔傷

shuāishāng

verb

Meanings

1 to injure oneself in a fall
2 to be hurt by falling

Characters

Examples

她不小心摔伤了膝盖。

Tā bù xiǎoxīn shuāishāngle xīgài.

She accidentally hurt her knee in a fall.

老人滑了一跤，摔伤了腰。

Lǎorén huále yì jiāo, shuāishāngle yāo.

The elderly man slipped and hurt his lower back.

Tips

grammar

Resultative compound: 摔 (fall) + 伤 (injure) - 'fall-injure' = injure oneself by falling. Take the object directly: 摔伤了腿 (hurt my leg by falling), 摔伤了头 (hurt my head). Same pattern: 烫伤 (burn-injure / scald), 砸伤 (smash-injure).

Stroke Order

摔 shuāi

伤 shāng