厚生

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Chinese

		generous; thick (for flat things)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (厚生)		厚	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòushēng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁵ sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòushēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòusheng
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-shêng¹
  - Yale: hòu-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howsheng
  - Palladius: хоушэн (xoušɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    厚生
    後生／后生
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁵ sang¹
  - Yale: háuh sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁵ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁵ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯¹³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

厚生

(literary) to improve people's living conditions
(literary) to maintain good health to reach longevity

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
厚	生
こう Grade: 5	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーせー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

厚(こう)生(せい) • (kōsei) ^{←こうせい (kousei)^?}

public welfare
厚生(こうせい)労働省(ろうどうしょう)
Kōsei-rōdō-shō
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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