injured person
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- 1 injured person、wounded person、patient、sick person
This word refers to someone who is injured or unwell and may need help or treatment. In accidents and emergencies, it most often means an injured person or casualty.
injured person、wounded person、patient、sick person
A person who is physically injured or sick, especially someone needing help or medical attention. It is common in everyday speech and emergency contexts.
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มีคนเจ็บไหม mii khon cèp mǎy Is anyone injured? มีคนเจ็บไหม details
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รถพยาบาลมารับคนเจ็บ rót pháyaabaan maa ráp khon cèp The ambulance came to pick up the injured person. รถพยาบาลมารับคนเจ็บ details
Learning notes
Explanation
คน means “person,” and เจ็บ means “hurt,” “in pain,” or “unwell,” so คนเจ็บ literally means a person who is hurt. In actual use, it refers to an injured person, casualty, or someone who is physically unwell. For counting, คน is also used as the classifier, as in คนเจ็บหนึ่งคน, “one injured person.”
Usage
It is commonly used in traffic accidents, disasters, emergency care, and situations where someone is taken to a hospital. It can also be used at home or at work when talking about someone who is unwell.
Caution
When referring to someone as a medical patient in a general or institutional sense, ผู้ป่วย is usually more natural. Also, although เจ็บ can describe emotional pain, คนเจ็บ normally refers to someone physically injured or unwell, not someone emotionally hurt.
Differences from similar words
1 injured person synonyms
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ผู้ป่วย is the standard word for a medical patient. คนเจ็บ focuses more on the person’s current injured or unwell condition, especially right after an accident.