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卫生

wèi shēng

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 衛生

卫生 (wèi shēng) means "health; hygiene; sanitation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 卫生 means

1. hygienic; sanitary
2. hygiene; sanitation

The characters in 卫生

• 卫wèito guard; to protect; to defend
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 这食物不卫生。
  Zhè shíwù bù wèishēng.
  This food is unhealthy.
• 卫生纸用完了。
  Wèishēngzhǐ yòngwán le.
  The toilet paper is used up.
• 我去一下卫生间。
  Wǒ qù yīxià wèishēngjiān.
  I'll go to the toilet.
• 我当时在卫生间。
  Wǒ dāngshí zài wèishēngjiān.
  I was in the bathroom.
• 我们还有卫生纸。
  We have a stock of toilet paper.
• 汤姆现在在卫生间。
  Tāngmǔ xiànzài zài wèishēngjiān.
  Tom is in the bathroom now.

Words starting with 卫生

• 卫生间wèi shēng jiānbathroom; toilet; WC
• 卫生部Wèi shēng bùMinistry of Health
• 卫生纸wèi shēng zhǐtoilet paper; tissues
• 卫生巾wèi shēng jīnsanitary towel
• 卫生局wèi shēng júhealth office; bureau of hygiene
• 卫生厅wèi shēng tīng(provincial) department of health
• 卫生球wèi shēng qiúmothball
• 卫生署wèi shēng shǔhealth bureau (or office, or department, or agency)
• 卫生官员wèi shēng guān yuánhealth official
• 卫生设备wèi shēng shè bèisanitary equipment
• 卫生下水道wèi shēng xià shuǐ dào(Taiwan) sanitary sewer system
• 卫生套wèi shēng tàocondom
• 卫生衣wèi shēng yī(dialect) thermal undershirt; long underwear top
• 卫生用纸wèi shēng yòng zhǐtoilet paper
• 卫生胡wèi shēng hútoothbrush moustache; Hitler moustache
• 卫生裤wèi shēng kù(dialect) thermal underwear bottoms; long underwear pants
• 卫生陶瓷wèi shēng táo cíchamber pot; commode
• 卫生棉wèi shēng miánsterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds)…
• 卫生棉条wèi shēng mián tiáotampon
• 卫生丸wèi shēng wánmothball; (jocular term) bullet
• 卫生筷wèi shēng kuàidisposable chopsticks

Words containing 卫生

• 公共卫生gōng gòng wèi shēngpublic health
• 环境卫生huán jìng wèi shēngenvironmental sanitation; abbr. to 环卫
• 世界卫生大会Shì jiè Wèi shēng Dà huìWorld Health Assembly
• 世界卫生组织Shì jiè Wèi shēng Zǔ zhīWorld Health Organization (WHO)
• 打扫卫生dǎ sǎo wèi shēngto do the cleaning; to clean up
• 爱国卫生运动委员会Ài guó Wèi shēng Yùn dòng Wěi yuán huìPatriotic Health Committee

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