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衛生

See also: 衞生 and 卫生

Chinese

		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
trad. (衛生/衞生)		衛/衞	生
simp. (卫生)		卫	生

Noun

衛生

hygiene; sanitation; health
搞衛生 / 搞卫生 ― gǎo wèishēng ― to do cleaning

Adjective

衛生

hygienic

Derived terms

個人衛生／个人卫生 (gèrén wèishēng)
口腔衛生／口腔卫生 (kǒuqiāng wèishēng)
精神衛生／精神卫生 (jīngshén wèishēng)
衛生保健／卫生保健 (wèishēng bǎojiàn)
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)
衛生間／卫生间 (wèishēngjiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (衛生):

Japanese: 衛生 (えいせい) ‎(eisei)
Korean: 위생 (衛生, wisaeng)
Vietnamese: vệ sinh ‎(衛生)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衛	生
えい Grade: 5	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

衛生 ‎(hiragana えいせい, romaji eisei)

hygiene, sanitary, health

Korean

Hanja in this term
衛	生

Noun

衛生 • ‎(wisaeng) ‎(hangeul 위생)

Hanja form^? of 위생, “hygiene”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
衛	生

Noun

衛生

Hán tự form of vệ sinh, “hygiene”

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wèishēng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ sang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-sên
Min Dong (BUC): uôi-sĕng
Min Nan (POJ): ōe-seng / ōe-sng / ūi-seng
Wu (Wiktionary): hhue sen (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wèishēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weysheng
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ sang¹
  - Yale: waih sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ sang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴ sen¹
  - IPA: /vi⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: uôi-sĕng
  - IPA ^(key): /ui²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lɛiŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-seng
  - Tâi-lô: uē-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-sng
  - Tâi-lô: uē-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-seng
  - Tâi-lô: uī-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uixsefng
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhue sen (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɦɯᴇ²² səɲ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ɦˠiuᴇi^H ʃˠæŋ/▼

Rime
Character	衛	生
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	祭 (38)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	II
Fanqie	于歲切	所庚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiuᴇi^H/	/ʃˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚiei^H/	/ʃᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuæi^H/	/ʃaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjwiaj^H/	/ʂaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣjuɛi^H/	/ʃɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɛi^H/	/ʃɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɛi^H/	/ʂɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	shēng

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a[t]-s sreŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷads sʰleːŋ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	衛	生
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi	shēng
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwej^H ›	‹ sræng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a[t]-s/	/sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or s.reŋ ?)
English	to guard	bear, be born; live
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	衛	生
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	12964	11312
Phonetic component	衛	生
Rime group	祭	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	衞	生
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷads/	/*sʰleːŋ/
Notes	金文象四圍巡衛，與韋有異

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衛生

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