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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.raise; keep; grow
我家养有一条狗。
My family has a dog.
这个农户是专门养牛的。
This farmer specializes in raising cattle.
妈妈在院子里养了很多花。
Mother grows many flowers in the yard.
- 2
v.support; provide for
抚养
raise
赡养
support
养家
support a family
- 3
adj.foster; adoptive
养父
foster father
养母
foster mother
养女
adopted daughter
- 4
v.rest; heal; maintain
保养
maintenance
修养
cultivation of
疗养
recuperate
- 5
cultivate; refine; cultivation
他从小养成了爱运动的习惯。
He has formed the habit of sports since childhood.
助人为乐的习惯是他从小养成的。
The habit of helping others was formed in his childhood.
孩子们要养成早睡早起的作息。
Children should get into a routine of keeping good hours.
- 6
v.give birth to
- 7
v.give aid to; support
- 8
v.wear one's hair long
Words and phrases with 养
- 养成[word]cultivate
- 养人[word]nutritious
- 养育之恩[word]love and care of one's parents in child rearing
- 养病[word]recuperate
- 养蜂业[word]beekeeping
- 养分[word]nutrient
- 养廉[word]nourish honesty
- 养神[word]repose
- 养蜂[word]keep/breed bees
- 养家糊口[idiom]earn the family's living
- 养痈遗患[idiom]a carbuncle neglected becomes the bane of your life
- 养尊处优[idiom]enjoy high position and live in comfort
- 养老送终[idiom]look after one's parents in their old age and give them a proper burial after their death
- 养家活口[idiom]earn bread for one's family
- 养精蓄锐[idiom]conserve strength and store up energy
- 养虎遗患[idiom]appeasement brings disaster
- 养生之道[idiom]a mode of life
- 养儿防老[idiom]Parents raise children who in turn support them in old age.