The Chinese word 擦伤 (cāshāng), meaning "abrasion" or "graze", is a compound formed through the common morphological process of modification, where the first character 擦 (cā), meaning "to rub" or "to scrape", acts as a verb describing the action that causes the injury, and modifies the second character 伤 (shāng), meaning "wound" or "injury", which serves as the nominal core of the word; together, they create a precise term for a specific type of superficial wound caused by friction or scraping against a surface.