養生

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ sang¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ióng-sng / ióng-seng / iáng-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎngsheng
    • Wade–Giles: yang³-shêng¹
    • Yale: yǎng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeangsheng
    • Palladius: яншэн (janšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵ sang¹
    • Yale: yéuhng sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng-sng
    • Tâi-lô: ióng-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iofngsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng-seng
    • Tâi-lô: ióng-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iofngsefng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáng-seng
    • Tâi-lô: iáng-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafngsefng
    • IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /jɨɐŋ^X  ʃˠæŋ|ʃˠæŋ^H/

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
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]aŋʔ  sreŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*laŋʔ  sʰleːŋ|sreŋs/

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

   • 文惠君曰：「善哉！吾聞庖丁之言，得養生焉。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     文惠君曰：“善哉！吾闻庖丁之言，得养生焉。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Wénhuì jūn yuē: “Shàn zāi! Wú wén páo Dīng zhī yán, dé yǎngshēng yān.” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. to raise domestic animals
3. (literally, archaic) to care for the living (especially one's parents)

   • 養生喪死無憾，王道之始也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     养生丧死无憾，王道之始也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǎng shēng sāng sǐ wú hàn, wángdào zhī shǐ yě. [Pinyin]

     This condition, in which the people nourish their living and bury their dead without any feeling against any, is the first step of royal government.

Synonyms

• (to care for life): (literary) 攝生／摄生 (shèshēng)
• (to raise domestic animals): 畜養／畜养 (xùyǎng)

Derived terms

養生術／养生术 (yǎngshēngshù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (養生):

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