Chinese Word Entry

Simplified Chinese form:

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin): yǎng
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng5
Definitions:
  1. to raise (animals)

  2. to bring up (children)

  3. to keep (pets)

  4. to support

  5. to give birth


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Chinese characters used in this word

foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture, raise, support
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧㄤˇ (yǎng), ㄧㄤˋ (yàng)
Cantonese: joeng5
Japanese: ヨウ (you)、 リョウ (ryou) / やしな.う (yashinau)、 やしない (yashinai)
Korean: 양 (yang)
Vietnamese: dưỡng, dượng
Variants
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