養生

See also: 养生

Chinese

 
give birth; keep (pets); to support
give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (養生) 養 生
simp. (养生) 养 生
anagram 生養/生养

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 養 生 生
Reading # 1/2 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 生 (21) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 陽 (105) 庚 (109) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III II II
Fanqie 餘兩切 所庚切 所敬切
Baxter yangX sraeng sraengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨɐŋX/ /ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɐŋX/ /ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/iɑŋX/ /ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jɨaŋX/ /ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong
/iaŋX/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/jĭaŋX/ /ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯aŋX/ /ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǎng shēng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
joeng5 sang1 sang3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 養 生
Reading # 2/2 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǎng shēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ yangX › ‹ sræng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]aŋʔ/ /*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?)
English nourish, raise 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 養 生 生
Reading # 1/2 1/2 2/2
No. 14613 11312 11322
Phonetic
component
養 生 生
Rime
group
陽 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
養 生 生
Old
Chinese
/*laŋʔ/ /*sʰleːŋ/ /*sreŋs/
Notes 說文羊聲

Verb

養生

  1. to care for life; to conserve one's vital powers; to preserve one's health; to keep in good health
    養生之道/养生之道  ―  yǎngshēng zhī dào  ―  good health regimen
  2. to raise domestic animals
  3. (literal, archaic) to care for the living (especially one's parents)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 養生堂/养生堂
  • 養生家/养生家
  • 養生法/养生法
  • 養生術/养生术 (yǎngshēngshù)
  • 養生送死/养生送死

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (養生):
  • → Japanese: 養生(ようじょう) (yōjō)
  • → Korean: 양생(養生) (yangsaeng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
養 生
よう
Grade: 4
じょう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

養(よう)生(じょう) • (yōjō) ←やうじやう (yauzyau)?

  1. keeping in good health
  2. (construction) protection
    養生(ようじょう)シート
    yōjō shīto
    protective sheet

Derived terms

Verb

養(よう)生(じょう)する • (yōjō suru) ←やうじやう (yauzyau)?suru (stem 養(よう)生(じょう)し (yōjō shi), past 養(よう)生(じょう)した (yōjō shita))

  1. to keep in good health
  2. (construction) to protect from damage

Conjugation

References

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

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