养生/養生 yǎng shēng — to maintain good health

Meanings

1. 1

   to maintain good health

   to maintain good health; to raise a child or animal; curing (of concrete etc)

   verb

Character breakdown

• 生

  shēng (first tone, high and level)

  to be born; to grow; to give birth to; life; raw, uncooked; unfamiliar, strange

  5 strokesRadical 生

Words containing 生

• 生活shēng (first tone, high and level) huó (second tone, rising)life
• 生shēng (first tone, high and level)to be born
• 学生/學生xuésheng (second tone, rising)student, pupil
• 产生/產生chǎnshēng (third tone, dipping)to produce, to give rise to, to arise
• 生命shēng (first tone, high and level) mìng (fourth tone, falling)life
• 先生xiānsheng (first tone, high and level)Mr, sir
• 发生/發生fāshēng (first tone, high and level)to happen, to occur
• 人生rén (second tone, rising) shēng (first tone, high and level)life (one's time on earth)
• 医生/醫生yīshēng (first tone, high and level)doctor, physician
• 一生yī (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)all one's life; throughout one's life
• 生日shēngrì (first tone, high and level)birthday
• 女生nǚ (third tone, dipping) shēng (first tone, high and level)schoolgirl
• 生气/生氣shēngqì (first tone, high and level)to get angry, to be cross
• 出生chū (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)to be born
• 生物shēng (first tone, high and level) wù (fourth tone, falling)organism
• 生产/生產shēng (first tone, high and level) chǎn (third tone, dipping)childbirth
• 生病shēngbìng (first tone, high and level)to fall ill, to be sick
• 生存shēng (first tone, high and level) cún (second tone, rising)to exist