养生
yǎngshēng
to preserve one's health; health cultivation
Characters in this word
生 shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 生 — life, lifetime
- Made of
- 𠂉 cap 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他养生并不靠昂贵补品，而是靠规律作息和长期运动。 Tā yǎngshēng bìng bù kào ángguì bǔpǐn, ér shì kào guīlǜ zuòxī hé chángqī yùndòng. He does not maintain his health through expensive supplements, but through a regular routine and long-term exercise.
- 爷爷坚持每天早睡早起，说这才是最好的养生方法。 Yéye jiānchí měitiān zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ, shuō zhè cái shì zuì hǎo de yǎngshēng fāngfǎ. Grandpa insists on going to bed and getting up early every day, saying that is the best way to stay healthy.
- 现在很多年轻人也开始关注养生了。 Xiànzài hěn duō niánqīngrén yě kāishǐ guānzhù yǎngshēng le. Nowadays many young people have also started to pay attention to healthy living.
Related words
- 养 yǎng to raise; to keep
- 营养 yíngyǎng nutrition
- 疗养 liáoyǎng to recover; to rest for health
- 培养 péiyǎng to develop; to train
- 养成 yǎngchéng to form
- 保养 bǎoyǎng to maintain; to take care of
- 修养 xiūyǎng good manners; self-cultivation
- 养老 yǎnglǎo to provide for the elderly
- 养老院 yǎnglǎoyuàn nursing home
- 抚养 fǔyǎng to raise; to bring up; to provide for
- 供养 gōngyǎng to support; to provide for
- 教养 jiàoyǎng upbringing; education; to cultivate