joeng5 san1養身养身
Jyutpingjoeng5 san1
Yaleyéuhng sān
Definition
To take good care of one's health, body, or physical well-being.
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How it's used
Focuses on long term health maintenance through lifestyle habits like diet, sleep, and exercise. It often implies a conscious, disciplined approach to wellness rather than just recovering from a specific illness. You will frequently hear it in the context of traditional Chinese medicine or dietary choices.
Examples
He pays great attention to his health and drinks soup every day.
How do you usually take care of your health?
Related words
Common phrases
pay attention to health maintenance
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 養生, which is a broader concept often involving spiritual, mental, and physical cultivation to prolong life. While they overlap, 養身 is more specifically about the physical body.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
