傷

简 伤 · 繁 傷
Mandarin · pinyin shāng

Meanings

  1. to injure
  2. injury
  3. wound
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傷
shāng · wound, injury; fall ill from
伤
shāng · wound, injury; fall ill from
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Cantonese word readings for 傷. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

  1. wound; injury
  2. to injure; to hurt
  3. to fall ill from
  4. to get sick of something
  5. to harm
  6. distressed; sorrowful
  7. (Southern Min) too; excessively
  8. (Singapore Hokkien, literal) injurious
  9. (Singapore Hokkien, slang) very tough or difficult
  10. a surname

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