傷健

Chinese

		injure; injury; wound	healthy
trad. (傷健)		傷	健
simp. (伤健)		伤	健

Etymology

Blend of 傷殘 / 伤残 (shāngcán) +‎ 健全 (jiànquán).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāngjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāngjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shangjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: shang¹-chien⁴
    • Yale: shāng-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shangjiann
    • Palladius: шанцзянь (šanczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ gin⁶
    • Yale: sēung gihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ gin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kiːn²²/

Noun

傷健

1. (chiefly Hong Kong) physically handicapped and able-bodied

   傷健共融／伤健共融  ―  shāngjiàn gòng róng  ―  disability inclusion into able-bodied society

Usage notes

This word is often misunderstood as a respectful term for disabled people, as it can be understood as "disabled but healthy".

Further reading

• 不要再叫「傷健人士」！告訴你「傷健」一詞的出處及官方說法如何稱呼傷殘朋友