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培养

péi yǎng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 培養

培养 (péi yǎng) means "to cultivate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 培养 means

1. to cultivate
2. to breed
3. to foster
4. to nurture
5. to educate
6. to groom (for a position)
7. education
8. fostering
9. culture (biology)

The characters in 培养

• 培péito bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)
• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)

Example sentences

• 培养政治意识要花费时间。
  Péiyǎng zhèngzhì yìshí yào huāfèi shíjiān.
  It takes time to develop political awareness.
• 子女培养全社会都很关心，教育要进行改革。
  Zǐnǚ péiyǎng quán shèhuì dōu hěn guānxīn, jiàoyù yào jìnxíng gǎigé.
  The raising of children is something that concerns the entire community. There will be an education reform.
• 如果训练得当的话，音乐才能是可以培养出来的。
  Rúguǒ xùnliàn dédàng dehuà, yīnyuè cáinéng shì kěyǐ péiyǎng chūlái de.
  Musical talent can be developed if it's properly trained.

Words starting with 培养

• 培养基péi yǎng jīculture medium
• 培养液péi yǎng yèculture fluid (in biological lab.)
• 培养皿péi yǎng mǐnPetri dish

Words containing 培养

• 组织培养zǔ zhī péi yǎngtissue culture, esp. plant tissue culture
• 细胞培养xì bāo péi yǎngcell culture
• 细胞培养器xì bāo péi yǎng qìcell cultivator

Where 培养 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Hope, Longing & Pursuit (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read péi yǎng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.