shàn yǎng

Traditional: 贍養

HSK 7–9

赡养 (shàn yǎng) is a Chinese word meaning “to support; to provide support for; to maintain”.

Meanings

  1. 1to support
  2. 2to provide support for
  3. 3to maintain
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 赡养

赡shàn · to support养yǎng · to raise (animals)

Related words

养to raise (animals)收养to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc)抚养to foster领养to adopt (a child, pet etc)培养to cultivate营养nutrition养活to provide for教养to educate; to bring up; to nurture养老金pension养育to rear养老院nursing home疗养院sanatorium

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