jiào yǎng

Traditional: 教養

HSK 7–9

教养 (jiào yǎng) is a Chinese word meaning “to educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture”.

Meanings

  1. 1to educate; to bring up; to nurture
  2. 2upbringing; breeding; culture
Part of speech
verb, noun

Characters in 教养

教jiāo · to teach; to instruct养yǎng · to raise (animals)

Related words

教to teach; to instruct教(bound form) to teach; to instruct教surname Jiao养to raise (animals)教堂church; chapel教练to coach; to train教授professor教育to educate教训to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid宗教religion教会to show教会Christian church

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