卫生

• 拼音: wèi shēng
• 汉字拆解: 卫 = simplified from 衛, meaning 'to guard'; 生 = pictograph of a plant growing from the ground, meaning 'life'

含义

Hygiene; sanitary; clean. Relates to cleanliness and health practices.

Used as both a noun (hygiene, sanitation) and an adjective (clean, hygienic). Very common in daily life: 卫生纸 (toilet paper), 卫生间 (bathroom), 公共卫生 (public health), 不卫生 (unhygienic).

例句

1. 饭前要注意个人卫生。
2. 这家餐厅的卫生条件很好。
3. 孩子们要养成讲卫生的好习惯。

用法指南

语境: health, everyday, food

语气: advisory

正确说法

• 请保持教室的卫生。(Please keep the classroom clean.)
• 这个地方不太卫生。(This place is not very hygienic.)

错误说法

• 你很卫生。(It sounds odd to describe a person as 卫生 — say 你很爱干净 or 你很讲卫生 instead.)

起源与历史

卫 means 'to guard' or 'to protect' and 生 means 'life'. Together they mean 'protecting life' — hygiene and sanitation.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal