培 (pui4 | pei2) : foster; cultivate; earth up

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培

pui4

pei2

[1] foster; cultivate; train
[2] bank up with earth; earth up

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 土 (#32)

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

培

Don't confuse with:
琣倍陪

This word has been viewed 6593 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Nov 2010 00:41

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栽培 zoi1 pui4 zai1 pei2 = to grow; to cultivate

培訓 pui4 fan3 pei2 xun4 = [1] to cultivate; [2] to train

培根 pui4 gan1 pei2 gen1 = bacon

培植 pui4 zik6 pei2 zhi2 = to cultivate, to train

培養 pui4 joeng5 pei2 yang3 = to train, to culture, to bring up, to groom (for a position)

安培 on1 pui4 an1 pei2 = ampere

培養基 pui4 joeng5 gei1 pei2 yang3 ji1 = culture medium

培育 pui4 juk6 pei2 yu4 = to train; to breed

培土 pui4 tou2 pei2 tu3 = to earth up

培修 pui4 sau1 pei2 xiu1 = to repair earthworks
See all 19 compounds (CantoDict reports 20 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 培

你栽培我成為老師
You trained me to become a teacher

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Decimal representation of this word: 培
Unicode code for this character: U+57f9 (off-site link)

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