保養

See also: 保养

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)
trad. (保養)		保	養
simp. (保养)		保	养

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎoyǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² joeng⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-yông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó-ióng / pó-iáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎoyǎng [Phonetic: báoyǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎoyǎng
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-yang³
    • Yale: bǎu-yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoyeang
    • Palladius: баоян (baojan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bou² joeng⁵
    • Yale: bóu yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ jœːŋ¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 保養／保养 補養／补养

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-yông
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˋ iong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ yong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /po³¹ i̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-yông
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˋ (r)iong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ yong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /po³¹ (j)i̯oŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-ióng
    • Tâi-lô: pó-ióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poyiorng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-iáng
    • Tâi-lô: pó-iáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poyiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iaŋ⁵³/

Verb

保養

1. to maintain one's health; to keep fit
2. to keep (a vehicle, machinery, etc.) in good repair; to maintain

Synonyms

• (literary) 頤養／颐养 (yíyǎng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
保	養
ほ Grade: 5	よう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

保(ほ)養(よう) • (hoyō) 

1. comfort, nurture, recuperation, rest

   目(め)の保養(ほよう)になる。

   Me no hoyō ni naru.

   This is a pleasure for the eyes.

2. recreation

Verb

保(ほ)養(よう)する • (hoyō suru) suru (stem 保(ほ)養(よう)し (hoyō shi), past 保(ほ)養(よう)した (hoyō shita))

1. recuperate
2. to rest, to relax

Conjugation

Conjugation of "保養する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	保養し	ほようし	hoyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	保養し	ほようし	hoyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	保養する	ほようする	hoyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	保養する	ほようする	hoyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	保養すれ	ほようすれ	hoyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	保養せよ¹ 保養しろ²	ほようせよ¹ ほようしろ²	hoyō seyo¹ hoyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	保養される	ほようされる	hoyō sareru
Causative	保養させる 保養さす	ほようさせる ほようさす	hoyō saseru hoyō sasu
Potential	保養できる	ほようできる	hoyō dekiru
Volitional	保養しよう	ほようしよう	hoyō shiyō
Negative	保養しない	ほようしない	hoyō shinai
Negative continuative	保養せず	ほようせず	hoyō sezu
Formal	保養します	ほようします	hoyō shimasu
Perfective	保養した	ほようした	hoyō shita
Conjunctive	保養して	ほようして	hoyō shite
Hypothetical conditional	保養すれば	ほようすれば	hoyō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.