養
yǎng
raise, rear, bring up; support
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 食
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 3
Other readings: yàng
Simplified form: 养
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 养, the simplified form of 養. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
他是个有教养的人。
Tā shì gè yǒu jiào yǎng de rén
He is a learned man.
Shadow我们收养了一个孩子。
Wǒ men shōu yǎng le yī gè hái zi
We adopted a child.
Shadow我养了只狗。
Wǒ yǎng le zhǐ gǒu
I keep a dog.
Shadow他们收养了那个小女孩。
Tā men shōu yǎng le nà ge xiáo nǚ hái
They adopted the little girl.
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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 养
- 养yǎng 3to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth
- 营养yíng yǎng 2–3 nutrition; nourishment
- 培养péi yǎng 2–3 to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology)
- 养成yǎng chéng 3–2 to cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit); to acquire
- 疗养liáo yǎng 2–3 to get well; to heal; to recuperate; to convalesce; convalescence; to nurse
- 保养bǎo yǎng 3–3 → 2–3to take good care of (or conserve) one's health; to keep in good repair; to maintain; maintenance
- 修养xiū yǎng 1–3 accomplishment; training; self-cultivation
- 收养shōu yǎng 1–3 to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption
- 抚养fǔ yǎng 3–3 → 2–3to foster; to bring up; to raise
- 养老yǎng lǎo 3–3 → 2–3to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement
- 饲养sì yǎng 4–3 to raise; to rear
- 教养jiào yǎng 4–3 to educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture