厚生

厚生

Chinese

		generous; thick (for flat things)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (厚生)		厚	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòushēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁵ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòushēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòusheng
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: hòu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howsheng
    • Palladius: хоушэн (xoušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 厚生 後生／后生

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁵ sang¹
    • Yale: háuh sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁵ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁵ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯¹³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

厚生

1. (literary) to improve people's living conditions
2. (literary) to maintain good health to reach longevity

Derived terms

厚生省

節用厚生／节用厚生

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
厚	生
こう Grade: 5	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーせー [kòóséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

厚(こう)生(せい) • (kōsei) ^{←こうせい (kousei)?}

1. public welfare

   厚生(こうせい)労働省(ろうどうしょう)

   Kōsei-rōdō-shō

   Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN