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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 养生

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
养生 yǎng shēng - to maintain good health
- to raise a child or animal
- curing (of concrete etc)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 45,366 9,226 4,064

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
养 yǎng- to raise (animals)
- to bring up (children)
- to keep (pets)
- to support
- to give birth
生 shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student

Other Words Containing 养生

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
养生 - 9 45,366 9,226 4,064
休养生息 - - 47,579 42,881 40,698
养生之道 - - 52,305 57,758 35,844