伤口

• Pinyin: shāng kǒu
• Hanzi breakdown: 伤 = 亻(person) + 殇 variant — injury; 口 = mouth, opening — wound opening

Meaning

Wound; cut; injury site. An opening in the skin or body tissue caused by injury.

Refers to physical wounds from cuts, burns, surgical incisions, or other injuries. Also used metaphorically for emotional wounds. Common medical term appearing in first aid instructions, hospital contexts, and everyday conversations about injuries.

Examples

1. 医生仔细清理了他腿上的伤口。 The doctor carefully cleaned the wound on his leg.
2. 这道伤口需要缝合才能愈合得更好。 This wound needs stitches to heal better.
3. 时间会慢慢抚平心灵的伤口。 Time will slowly heal the wounds of the heart.

Usage Guide

Context: medical, first aid, everyday

Tone: clinical

Do Say

• 伤口感染了。(The wound is infected.)
• 别碰伤口。(Don't touch the wound.)

Don't Say

• 不要说'打开伤口' (Don't say 打开伤口 to mean 'open a wound' — say 撕裂伤口 or simply describe reopening)

Origin & History

Compound of 伤 (injury, wound) + 口 (mouth, opening). Together meaning the 'opening' of an injury.

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal