攝生

Chinese

		assist; collect; absorb	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (攝生)		攝	生
simp. (摄生)		摄	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sip³ sang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liap-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèsheng
  - Wade–Giles: shê⁴-shêng¹
  - Yale: shè-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehsheng
  - Palladius: шэшэн (šɛšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sip³ sang¹
  - Yale: sip sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sip⁸ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xib³ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːp̚³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liap-seng
  - Tâi-lô: liap-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liapsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liap̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

攝生

(literary) to care for life; to conserve one's vital powers; to preserve one's health; to keep in good health

Synonyms

保養 / 保养 (bǎoyǎng)
保養身體 / 保养身体 (bǎoyǎng shēntǐ)
攝 / 摄 (literary, or in compounds)
攝衛 / 摄卫 (shèwèi) (literary)
攝養 / 摄养 (shèyǎng) (literary)
頤養 / 颐养 (yíyǎng) (literary)
養生 / 养生

Japanese

Kanji in this term
攝	生
せつ > せっ Jinmeiyō	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 攝生 – see the following entry.

【摂生せっせい】

[noun] maintenance of health through caution in one's diet

[verb] to watch one's diet to be careful about health

(This term, 攝生, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
攝	生

Noun

攝生 • (seopsaeng) (hangeul 섭생)

hanja form^? of 섭생 (“maintenance of health through caution in one’s diet and living habits”)