yǎng

to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 3 trad. 養

Watch it being written

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 养成yǎngchéngto cultivateB4
  • 培养péiyǎngto cultivateB5
  • 营养yíngyǎngnutritionB5
  • 养老yǎnglǎoto provide for the elderly (family membersB6
  • 养老院yǎnglǎoyuànnursing homeB6
  • 保养bǎoyǎngto take good care of (or conserve) one's hB7
  • 抚养fǔyǎngto fosterB7

See it in sentences

我家养了一只小猫。

My family has a little cat.

养小狗要每天带它出去。

Keeping a puppy means taking it out every day.