卫生
Meaning
- hygienic; sanitary
- hygiene; sanitation
Example sentence
这食物不卫生。
This food is unhygienic.
Characters in 卫生
- 卫 wèi to guard, to defend; a guard
- 生 shēng to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born
卫 to guard plus 生, life. Guarding life, hence hygiene — and 卫生间 is the room named from it.