shāng kǒu
wound; cut
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他膝盖上的伤口还在流血。
Tā xīgai shàng de shāngkǒu hái zài liúxiě.
The wound on his knee is still bleeding.
她不小心划伤了手，留下了一个小伤口。
Tā bùxiǎoxīn huàshāngle shǒu, liúxiàle yī gè xiǎo shāngkǒu.
She accidentally cut her hand and left a small wound.
医生给他缝合了伤口，并包扎好。
Yīshēng gěi tā fénghéle shāngkǒu, bìng bāozhā hǎo.
The doctor stitched up the wound and bandaged it.
愈合 (yùhé)
heal
痊愈 (quányù)
recover
The Chinese word 伤口 (shāngkǒu) for "wound" is composed of two characters: 伤 (shāng), meaning "injury" or "damage", and 口 (kǒu), meaning "mouth" or "opening". The character 伤 is a pictograph depicting a person with a wound on their body, while the character 口 is a pictograph of a mouth. Together, the two characters 伤口 literally mean "injury mouth", which refers to an opening in the body caused by injury. In modern Chinese, the word 伤口 is used to refer to any type of wound, including cuts, scrapes, and punctures.
