養 (joeng5 joeng6 | yang3 {yang4}) : grow; raise; rear; bring up

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養

joeng5 joeng6

yang3 {yang4}

[1] [v] grow; raise; rear; bring up; support; breed [2] [v] support; keep (a family, etc.) [3] [v] give birth to [4] [v] nourish; cultivate (one's mind, etc.) [5] [v] educate [6] [v] nurse (a wound or illness) [7] oxygen [8] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: (#184)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

養 / 养

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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養父 joeng5 fu6 yang3 fu4 = foster father

保養 bou2 joeng5 bao3 yang3 = to take good care of one's health

養育 joeng5 juk6 yang3 yu4 = bring up

養活 joeng5 wut6 yang3 huo5 = to raise

養殖 joeng5 zik6 yang3 zhi2 = to cultivate; cultivation

養料 joeng5 liu6*2 yang3 liao4 = nourishment

養成 joeng5 sing4 yang3 cheng2 = to acquire

養分 joeng5 fan6 yang3 fen4 = nutrient

營養 jing4 joeng5 ying2 yang3 = nutrition

休養 jau1 joeng5 xiu1 yang3 = to recover; to recuperate
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Showing all 2 examples containing 養

生果又甜又有營養。粵
Fruits are sweet and nutritious.
[Please note that "有" is missing from the audio by mistake.]

雖然你老公喺出便嫖賭飲吹，但至少佢識賺錢返嚟養家，你咪冇眼屎乾淨盲囉粵
Despite all the vices outside, your husband brings home money to support the family, you should just pretend you don't know and choose to be happy.

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Decimal representation of this word: 養
Unicode code for this character: U+990A (off-site link)

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