保健室

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Chinese

		to maintain one's health; to preserve health	room
trad. (保健室)		保健	室
simp. ^#(保健室)		保健	室

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎojiànshì, bǎojiànshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ, ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² gin⁶ sat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎojiànshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎojiànshìh
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-chien⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: bǎu-jyàn-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baojiannshyh
  - Palladius: баоцзяньши (baoczjanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎojiànshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎojiànshǐh
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-chien⁴-shih³
  - Yale: bǎu-jyàn-shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baojiannshyy
  - Palladius: баоцзяньши (baoczjanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² gin⁶ sat¹
  - Yale: bóu gihn sāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² gin⁶ sat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² gin⁶ sed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ kiːn²² sɐt̚⁵/

Noun

保健室

infirmary; sick bay; small clinic (Classifier: 間／间)

Synonyms

醫務室／医务室 (yīwùshì)

Japanese

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保健室

保健室 (hokenshitsu): the nurse's office at a Japanese elementary school.

Kanji in this term
保	健	室
ほ Grade: 5	けん Grade: 4	しつ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 保健 (hoken, “health preservation, health, well-being”) +‎ 室 (shitsu, “room”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほけんしつ (Nakadaka – )^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

保(ほ)健(けん)室(しつ) • (hokenshitsu)

a nurse's office (as in a school), infirmary (as in a company), dispensary (chiefly UK)

Synonyms

Synonyms

(in some elementary schools):

衛生室(えいせいしつ) (eiseishitsu): literally “hygiene room”

(in some universities):

医務室(いむしつ) (imushitsu): “medical room”
保健診療所(ほけんしんだんしょ) (hoken shindansho): “health examination place”
保健(ほけん)センター (hoken sentā): “health center”
健康科学(ほけんかがく)センター (hoken kagaku sentā): “health science center”
保健管理(ほけんかんり)センター (hoken kanri sentā): “health management center”

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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