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养

yǎng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 養

What 养 means

1. to raise (animals)
2. to bring up (children)
3. to keep (pets)
4. to support
5. to give birth

Example sentences

• 我赚钱养家。
  Wǒ zhuànqián yǎngjiā.
  I sustain my family.
• 我养了只狗。
  I keep a dog.
• 你养宠物吗？
  Do you have any pets?
• 我没有养猫。
  I don't have a cat.
• 我只想休养。
  I just want to rest.
• 肯养了两只猫。
  Ken keeps two cats.

Words starting with 养

• 养成yǎng chéngto cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit)
• 养活yǎng huoto provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals
• 养老yǎng lǎoto provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement
• 养殖yǎng zhíto raise; to breed (animals etc)
• 养育yǎng yùto rear; to bring up; to nurture
• 养老金yǎng lǎo jīnpension
• 养生yǎng shēngto maintain good health; to raise a child or animal; curing (of concrete etc)
• 养家yǎng jiāto support a family; to raise a family
• 养大yǎng dàto raise (a child or animal)
• 养护yǎng hùto maintain; to conserve; curing (concrete etc)
• 养病yǎng bìngto recuperate; to convalesce; to take care of one's health after illness
• 养分yǎng fènnutrient
• 养路费yǎng lù fèiroad maintenance tax (China)
• 养父yǎng fùfoster father; adoptive father
• 养老院yǎng lǎo yuànnursing home
• 养颜yǎng yánto nourish one's skin; to maintain a youthful appearance
• 养母yǎng mǔfoster mother; adoptive mother
• 养子yǎng zǐadopted son; foster son
• 养性yǎng xìngmental or spiritual cultivation
• 养伤yǎng shāngto heal a wound; to recuperate (from an injury)
• 养女yǎng nǚadopted daughter
• 养尊处优yǎng zūn chǔ yōuto live like a prince (idiom)
• 养殖业yǎng zhí yècultivation industry
• 养料yǎng liàonutriment; nourishment

Words containing 养

• 培养péi yǎngto cultivate; to breed; to foster
• 营养yíng yǎngnutrition; nourishment
• 保养bǎo yǎngto take good care of (or conserve) one's health; to keep in good repair; to maintain
• 教养jiào yǎngto educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture
• 抚养fǔ yǎngto foster; to bring up; to raise
• 饲养sì yǎngto raise; to rear
• 休养xiū yǎngto recuperate; to recover; to convalesce
• 修养xiū yǎngaccomplishment; training; self-cultivation
• 素养sù yǎng(personal) accomplishment; attainment in self-cultivation
• 收养shōu yǎngto take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption
• 供养gōng yǎngto supply; to provide for one's elders; to support one's parents
• 喂养wèi yǎngto feed (a child, domestic animal etc); to keep; to raise (an animal)
• 领养lǐng yǎngto adopt (a child, pet etc)
• 疗养liáo yǎngto get well; to heal; to recuperate
• 滋养zī yǎngto nourish
• 涵养hán yǎngto cultivate (personal qualities); (of forests etc) to support…
• 疗养院liáo yǎng yuànsanatorium
• 赡养shàn yǎngto support; to provide support for; to maintain
• 劳动教养láo dòng jiào yǎngreeducation through labor
• 饲养员sì yǎng yuánzookeeper; stockman; breeder (of livestock, dogs or poultry etc)
• 营养品yíng yǎng pǐnnourishment; nutrient
• 营养素yíng yǎng sùnutrient
• 家养jiā yǎngdomestic (animals); home reared
• 调养tiáo yǎngto take care of (sb's health); to nurse

Characters that look like 养

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 券quànbond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract…
• 奏zòuto play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
• 荞qiáocommon mallow (Malva sinensis); variant of 荞
• 劵juànold variant of 倦
• 昴mǎothe Pleiades
• 皋gāobank; marsh

Sounds the same

Read yǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 痒to itch; to tickle
• 氧oxygen (chemistry)
• 仰to face upward; to look up; to admire
• 炴firelight; blaze
• 坱(literary) dust; (literary) vast and all-pervading
• 飬old variant of 养