衛生
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname |
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | ||
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trad. (衛生/衞生) | 衛/衞 | 生 | |
simp. (卫生) | 卫 | 生 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wai6 sang1
- Gan (Wiktionary): ui5 sen
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): uôi-sĕng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): e5 seng1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6we-sen
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wèisheng
- Wade–Giles: wei4-shêng1
- Yale: wèi-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weysheng
- Palladius: вэйшэн (vɛjšɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wai6 sang1
- Yale: waih sāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai6 sang1
- Guangdong Romanization: wei6 seng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐi̯²² sɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: ui5 sen
- Sinological IPA (key): /ui¹¹ sɛn¹/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-sên
- Hakka Romanization System: vi senˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: vi4 sen1
- Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: vui˖ senˋ
- Sinological IPA: /vui³³ sen⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: uôi-sĕng
- Sinological IPA (key): /ui²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ (s-)lɛiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: e5 seng1 [Phonetic: e5 leng1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /e²¹ (ɬ-)lɛŋ⁵³³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-sng
- Tâi-lô: uē-sng
- Phofsit Daibuun: oexsngf
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /ue⁴¹⁻²² sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-seng
- Tâi-lô: uī-sing
- Phofsit Daibuun: uixsefng
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: uê6 sên1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uĕ seⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /ue³⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³/
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: hjwejH sraeng
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a[t]-s sreŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷads sʰleːŋ/
Noun
[edit]衛生
Adjective
[edit]衛生
Synonyms
[edit]Verb
[edit]衛生
- (Classical) to care for life
- 老子曰:「衛生之經,能抱一乎?能勿失乎?能無卜筮而知吉凶乎?」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Lǎozǐ yuē: “Wèishēng zhī jīng, néng bào yī hū? Néng wù shī hū? Néng wú bǔshì ér zhī jíxiōng hū?” [Pinyin]
- Laozi said: “As to how to preserve your life, you just ask yourself these questions: Can you remain pure and simple? Can you preserve your inborn nature? Can you tell your fortune without divination?”
老子曰:「卫生之经,能抱一乎?能勿失乎?能无卜筮而知吉凶乎?」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Derived terms
[edit]- 世界衛生組織 / 世界卫生组织 (Shìjiè Wèishēng Zǔzhī)
- 個人衛生 / 个人卫生 (gèrén wèishēng)
- 公共衛生 / 公共卫生 (gōnggòng wèishēng)
- 口腔衛生 / 口腔卫生 (kǒuqiāng wèishēng)
- 心理衛生 / 心理卫生 (xīnlǐ wèishēng)
- 搞衛生 / 搞卫生 (gǎo wèishēng)
- 精神衛生 / 精神卫生 (jīngshén wèishēng)
- 衛教 / 卫教 (wèijiào)
- 衛生保健 / 卫生保健 (wèishēng bǎojiàn)
- 衛生員 / 卫生员 (wèishēngyuán)
- 衛生套 / 卫生套 (wèishēngtào)
- 衛生巾 / 卫生巾 (wèishēngjīn)
- 衛生棉條 / 卫生棉条 (wèishēng miántiáo)
- 衛生紙 / 卫生纸 (wèishēngzhǐ)
- 衛生設備 / 卫生设备 (wèishēng shèbèi)
- 衛生間 / 卫生间 (wèishēngjiān)
- 衛生院 / 卫生院 (wèishēngyuàn)
Further reading
[edit]- “Entry #11393”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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衛 | 生 |
えい Grade: 5 |
せい Grade: 1 |
kan'on |
Alternative spelling |
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衞生 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]Literary Chinese 衛生 (wèishēng, “to maintain or sustain life, your own or others'; to protect your health from illnesses”)
Pronunciation
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[edit]Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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衛 | 生 |
Noun
[edit]Vietnamese
[edit]chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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衛 | 生 |
Noun
[edit]衛生
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