péi yǎng

Traditional: 培養

HSK 4

培养 (péi yǎng) is a Chinese word meaning “to cultivate; to breed; to foster”.

Meanings

  1. 1to cultivate
  2. 2to breed
  3. 3to foster
  4. 4to nurture
  5. 5to educate
  6. 6to groom (for a position)
  7. 7education
  8. 8fostering
  9. 9culture (biology)
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 培养

培péi · to bank up with earth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)培训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培根(loanword) bacon

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