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

Pronunciation

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) III II
Fanqie 于歲切 所庚切
Baxter hjwejH sraeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠiuᴇiH/ /ʃˠæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷᵚieiH/ /ʃᵚaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣiuæiH/ /ʃaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦjwiajH/ /ʂaɨjŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ɣjuɛiH/ /ʃɐŋ/
Wang
Li		 /ɣĭwɛiH/ /ʃɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯wɛiH/ /ʂɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wèi shēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wai6 sang1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 衛 生
Reading # 1/1 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wèi shēng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hjwejH › ‹ 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

Noun

衛生

  1. hygiene; sanitation; health
    講究衛生／讲究卫生  ―  jiǎngjiu wèishēng  ―  to pay attention to hygiene
    衛生用品／卫生用品  ―  wèishēng yòngpǐn  ―  toiletries
    女性衛生用品／女性卫生用品  ―  nǚxìng wèishēng yòngpǐn  ―  feminine hygiene products
    衛生條件／卫生条件  ―  wèishēng tiáojiàn  ―  sanitary conditions; hygiene
  2. healthcare
    社區衛生服務中心 [MSC, trad.]
    社区卫生服务中心 [MSC, simp.]
    shèqū wèishēng fúwù zhōngxīn [Pinyin]
    community healthcare center
  3. cleaning
    搞衛生／搞卫生  ―  gǎo wèishēng  ―  to do cleaning

Adjective

衛生

  1. hygienic
    這個旅店不是很衛生。 [MSC, trad.]
    这个旅店不是很卫生。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhège lǚdiàn bùshì hěn wèishēng. [Pinyin]
    This hotel is not very hygienic.

Synonyms

Verb

衛生

  1. (Classical) to care for life

Derived terms

Further reading

Japanese
Kanji in this term
衛 生
えい
Grade: 5		 せい
Grade: 1
kan’on
Alternative spelling
衞生 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literary Chinese 衛生 (wèishēng, “to maintain or sustain life, your own or others'; to protect your health from illnesses”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) えーせー [èéséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

衛(えい)生(せい) • (eisei) ←ゑいせい (weisei)?

  1. hygiene; sanitation

Descendants
  • → Chinese: 衛生／卫生 (wèishēng)
  • → Korean: 위생 (wisaeng)
  • → Vietnamese: vệ sinh

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
衛生

Noun

衛生 • (wisaeng) (hangeul 위생)

  1. Hanja form? of 위생 (“hygiene”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
衛生

Noun

衛生

  1. chữ Hán form of vệ sinh (“hygiene”).
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