保健室

保健室

Chinese

		to maintain one's health; to preserve health; health protection to maintain one's health; to preserve health; health protection; health care; health maintenance	room
simp. and trad. (保健室)		保健	室

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎojiànshì, bǎojiànshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ, ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² gin⁶ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎojiànshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baojiannshyh
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎojiànshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baojiannshyy
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² gin⁶ sat¹
    • Yale: bóu gihn sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² gin⁶ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² gin⁶ sed¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ kiːn²² sɐt̚⁵/

Noun

保健室

1. infirmary; sick bay; small clinic (Classifier: 間／间)

Synonyms

• 醫務室／医务室 (yīwùshì)

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Japanese

保健室 (hokenshitsu): the nurse's office at a Japanese elementary school.

Kanji in this term
保	健	室
ほ Grade: 5	けん Grade: 4	しつ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 保健 (hoken, “health preservation, health, well-being”) +‎ 室 (shitsu, “room”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ほけ​んしつ [hòkéꜜǹshìtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞kẽ̞ɰ̃ɕit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

保健室 (hiragana ほけんしつ, rōmaji hokenshitsu)

1. a nurse's office (as in a school), infirmary (as in a company), dispensary (chiefly UK)

Synonyms

Synonyms

(in some elementary schools):

• 衛生室 (えいせいしつ) (eiseishitsu): literally “hygiene room”

(in some universities):

• 医務室 (いむしつ) (imushitsu): “medical room”
• 保 (ほ)健 (けん)診 (しん)療 (だん)所 (しょ) (hoken shindansho): “health examination place”
• 保 (ほ)健 (けん)センター (hoken sentā): “health center”
• 健康科学 (ほけんかがく)センター (hoken kagaku sentā): “health science center”
• 保 (ほ)健 (けん)管 (かん)理 (り)センター (hoken kanri sentā): “health management center”

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN