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赡养

shàn yǎng

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

赡养 (shàn yǎng) means "to support; to provide support for; to maintain". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 赡养 means

1. to support
2. to provide support for
3. to maintain

The characters in 赡养

• 赡shànto support; to provide for
• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)

Example sentences

• 汤姆有家属需要赡养。
  Tom has dependents.
• 等父母老了，我会赡养他们。
  Děng fùmǔ lǎo le, wǒ huì shànyǎng tāmen.
  When my parents get old, I will support them.

Words starting with 赡养

• 赡养费shàn yǎng fèialimony; child support; maintenance allowance

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