卫生
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
卫生 (wèishēng) · hygiene
卫生 (wèishēng) means “hygiene; sanitation; clean; hygienic”. It is written with 2 characters: 卫 (to guard) + 生 (to give birth). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 卫生 is built
The characters
卫 wèi · to guard
What 卫 is made of
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
生 shēng · to give birth
What 生 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
饭前要洗手，注意卫生。Fàn qián yào xǐshǒu, zhùyì wèishēng.Wash your hands before meals and pay attention to hygiene.
这家饭馆卫生吗？Zhè jiā fànguǎn wèishēng ma?Is this restaurant clean?
Questions about 卫生
What does 卫生 mean?
卫生 (wèishēng) means “hygiene; sanitation; clean; hygienic”.
How do you pronounce 卫生?
卫生 is pronounced wèishēng.
Which HSK level is 卫生?
卫生 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 卫生间wèishēngjiānbathroom
- 保卫bǎowèito defend
- 捍卫hànwèito defend
- 卫星wèixīngsatellite
- 大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student
- 男生nánshēngboy
- 女生nǚshēnggirl
- 生病shēngbìngto become ill
- 生气shēngqìangry
- 生日shēngrìbirthday
Learn 卫生 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 69: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.