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养
養
yǎng
1.
to raise (animals)
2.
to bring up (children)
3.
to keep (pets)
4.
to support
5.
to give birth
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Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
休养
xiūyǎng
to recuperate
供养
gōngyǎng
to supply
供养
gòngyǎng
to make offerings (to the Gods)
保养
bǎoyǎng
to take good care of (or conserve) one's health
修养
xiūyǎng
accomplishment
包养
bāoyǎng
to provide for
哺养
bǔyǎng
feed
培养
péiyǎng
to cultivate
奉养
fèngyǎng
to look after (elderly parents)
家养
jiāyǎng
domestic (animals)
寄养
jìyǎng
to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc)
惯养
guànyǎng
to spoil
扶养
fúyǎng
to foster
抱养
bàoyǎng
adopt (a child)
抚养
fǔyǎng
to foster
收养
shōuyǎng
to adopt a child
放养
fàngyǎng
to breed (livestock, fish, crops etc)
教养
jiàoyǎng
to train
散养
sǎnyǎng
free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)
涵养
hányǎng
to conserve (e.g. water)
Example Sentences (1)
听你这么一说，我现在也想养一只狗了。每次你让它干什么，它就像能听懂你的话一样去做。你教它是不是用了什么特别的方法？
Tīng nǐ zhème yì shuō, wǒ xiànzài yě xiǎng yǎng yì zhī gǒu le. Měicì nǐ ràng tā gàn shénme, tā jiù xiàng néng tīngdǒng nǐ de huà yíyàng qù zuò. Nǐ jiāo tā shì bú shì yòng le shénme tèbié de fāngfǎ?
Hearing you say that, I now also want to get a dog. Every time you tell it to do something, it does it as if it can understand what you say. Did you use some special method to teach it?
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 759
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,016 of 84,292