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修养

xiū yǎng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 修養

修养 (xiū yǎng) means "accomplishment; training; self-cultivation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 修养 means

1. accomplishment
2. training
3. self-cultivation

The characters in 修养

• 修xiūto decorate; to embellish; to repair
• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)

Sounds the same

Read xiū yǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 休养to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce

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