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Pinyin
yǎng
Definition
give birth / keep (pets) / to support / to bring sb. up / to raise (pig, etc.)
养
yǎng
动 (Verb)
本义: 饲养 (Original meaning: raise)
造字法: 形声。从食,羊声 (Character formation: phonetic-semantic compound; "food" + "sheep" sound)
1. 供养,奉养; 抚育 ([En.] support; provide for)
例如: 养育 (nurture); 赡养 (support); 抚养 (nourish); 养家 (support a family).
2. 饲养 ([En.] raise)
例如: 养花 (cultivate flowers); 养殖 (breed animals).
3. 生育 ([En.] give birth to)
例如: 养孩子 (raise children).
4. 培养,修养 ([En.] cultivate; foster)
例如: 培养 (develop); 教养 (educate).
5. 保养 ([En.] convalesce; recuperate one's health)
例如: 养病 (recover from illness); 养心 (nourish the mind).
6. 治,调养 ([En.] nourish)
例如: 养疴 (nourish a disease).
7. 蓄养 ([En.] cultivate and retain).
例如: 养虫 (keep pests); 养女 (maintain a mistress).
8. 贮藏 ([En.] store up).
例如: 养羞 (store food).
9. 隐,隐蔽 ([En.] hide).
例如: 养晦 (hide oneself for future opportunities).
形 (Adjective)
1. 由非亲生父母的人养育的 ([En.] adoptive; foster).
例如: 养子 (foster son); 养父 (foster father); 养母 (foster mother).
2. 通“痒”。皮肤受刺激,产生欲搔的感觉 ([En.] itch; tickle).
例如: 养痒 (to feel itchy).
名 (Noun)
姓 (Surname)
culture fluid (in biological lab.)
to look after (elderly parents) / to serve / to support
娇 生 惯 养 jiāo shēng guàn yǎng
pampered and spoiled since childhood
to foster / to bring up / to raise
child support payment (after a divorce)
to cultivate / cultivation / to further / to encourage
nutrition / nourishment / CL:種|种[zhong3]
to cultivate / to raise / to form (a habit) / to acquire
to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
(personal) accomplishment / attainment in self-cultivation
to foster / to bring up / to raise
to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance
to breed (livestock, fish, crops etc) / to grow / to raise
to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc) / to foster / to board out
to train / to educate / to bring up / to nurture / education / culture / upbringing / early conditioning
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal)
to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom) / to hide one's light under a bushel
accomplishment / training / self-cultivation
to conserve (e.g. water) / self-restraint / self-possession
to make offerings (to the Gods)
to recuperate / to recover / to convalesce
to recover / to recuperate
to cultivate / to breed / to foster / to nurture / to educate / to groom (for a position) / education / fostering / culture (biology)
pig farmer / swine breeder
to get well / to heal / to recuperate / to convalesce / convalescence / to nurse
to support one's family (idiom); to have difficulty feeding a family
to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
to keep (an animal) / to look after the needs of (a person or an animal) / (fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay
to support / to provide support for / to maintain
alimony / child support / maintenance allowance
to relax with one's eyes closed
lit. to nurture one's years (idiom) / fig. to enjoy one's later years
to nourish / to nurture / to strengthen
stock farming / animal husbandry
zookeeper / stockman / breeder (of livestock, dogs or poultry etc)
farm / feed lot / dry lot
to domesticate / to raise and train