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收养

shōu yǎng

2-character word Traditional 收養

What 收养 means

1. to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc)
2. to adopt (a child)
3. adoption

The characters in 收养

• 收shōuto receive; to accept; to collect
• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)

Example sentences

• 我们收养了一个孩子。
  Wǒmen shōuyǎng le yī gè háizi.
  We adopted a child.
• 他们收养了那个孤儿。
  Tāmen shōuyǎng le nàge gū'ér.
  They adopted the orphan.
• 我妻子想收养一个孩子。
  Wǒ qīzi xiǎng shōuyǎng yī gè háizi.
  My wife wants to adopt a child.
• 他们收养了那个小女孩。
  Tāmen shōuyǎng le nàge xiáo nǚhái.
  They adopted the little girl.