养

養traditional

HSK 3#1346 by frequencyradical 丷

yǎng["v"]

to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth

Examples

我赚钱养家。

I sustain my family.

我养了只狗。

I keep a dog.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.