HSK 5 · Verbs

伤害 shānghài “to hurt” in Chinese

Traditional 傷害

What 伤害 means

  1. to hurt
  2. to harm
  3. to injure

How to say 伤害

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale伤shāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale害hài4th tone, falling

伤害 in a sentence

  1. 我很抱歉伤害了你的感情。

    Wǒ hěn bàoqiàn shānghài le nǐ de gǎnqíng.

    I’m so sorry I hurt your feelings.

    Sentence #8631836 from Tatoeba

  2. 她很容易受到感情上的伤害。

    Tā hěn róngyì shòudào gǎnqíng shàng de shānghài.

    Her feelings are easily hurt.

    Sentence #1415820 from Tatoeba

  3. 你若是伤害别人，你也会伤害到自己。

    Nǐ ruòshì shānghài biéren, nǐ yě huì shānghài dào zìjǐ.

    If you hurt others, you hurt yourself too.

    Sentence #4736250 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 伤害 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 伤 (shāng) drawn as one shape
伤shāngto injure

伤 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 害 (hài) with each of its parts in a different colour
害hàito do harm to
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 丰abundant · fēng
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 伤害

伤 6 strokes · 害 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

伤害 (shānghài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 伤害 (shānghài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 伤害

Words with 伤

伤心shāngxīn · to grieve受伤shòushāng · to be injured伤脑筋shāngnǎojīn · troublesome

Words with 害

害怕hàipà · afraid of厉害lìhai · impressive害羞hàixiū · shy危害wēihài · to harm灾害zāihài · calamity利害lìhai · terrible迫害pòhài · to persecute陷害xiànhài · to frame

More words: Common Verbs

扩大kuòdà · to expand亮liàng · bright碰pèng · to touch签qiān · to sign (one’s name)湿润shīrùn · moist摔倒shuāidǎo · to fall over随身suíshēn · to carry with you调整tiáozhěng · to adjust

FAQs

伤害 (shānghài) means “to hurt” or “to harm”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shānghài: shāng with a 1st tone, then hài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 伤害 is written 傷害. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shanghai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 伤害 from the suggestions. Typing shanghai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
伤害 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.