保健室

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

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• 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

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

Synonyms

• 醫務室／医务室 (yīwùshì)

Japanese

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほけ​んしつ [hòkéꜜǹshìtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞kẽ̞ɰ̃ɕit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

保(ほ)健(けん)室(しつ) • (hokenshitsu) 

1. 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”