Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Wounded / Injured: Describes a person or living being that has sustained physical damage to their body, such as cuts, fractures, or other trauma, typically from an external cause like an accident, fall, or violence. It indicates a state of having an injury.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ngã bị thương ở đầu. (To fall and get wounded in the head.)
  • Anh ấy bị thương ở cánh tay. (He is injured in the arm.)
  • Bom nổ làm nhiều người chết và bị thương. (The explosion caused many people to die and be injured.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase "bị thương" is commonly used in passive constructions to describe the state of having received an injury. It often follows the verb "bị" (to suffer) + "thương" (wound), but functions as a single adjectival unit.
  • Cô ấy đã bị thương trong vụ tai nạn. (She was injured in the accident.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thương tích (n): Injury, wound (the physical damage itself).
  • Anh ấy có nhiều thương tích nặng. (He has many severe injuries.)
• Bị thương nặng (adj phrase): Seriously/Badly injured.
  • Hai lính cứu hỏa bị thương nặng. (Two firefighters were seriously injured.)
• Bị thương nhẹ (adj phrase): Slightly/Minorly injured.
  • May mắn là tài xế chỉ bị thương nhẹ. (Fortunately, the driver was only slightly injured.)

Synonyms

• Injured: Harmed or damaged.
• Wounded: Suffering from a wound, especially a cut or break in the skin.
• Hurt: Suffering from pain or injury (can be more general).

Related Idioms

• While "bị thương" itself is not typically part of idioms, it is central to common expressions describing misfortune.
  • Bị thương tật: To be crippled or disabled from an injury.

    • Sau trận đánh, ông ấy bị thương tật. (After the battle, he was left disabled.)

adj

1. Wounded
   • ngã bị thương ở đầu
     to fall and get wounded in the head