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Chinese
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give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)
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to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
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| trad. (養活)
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養
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活
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| simp. (养活)
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养
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活
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Pronunciation
Verb
養活
- (colloquial) to support (a family financially); to feed; to provide for
他有一個妻子和兩個孩子要養活。 [MSC, trad.]
他有一个妻子和两个孩子要养活。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā yǒu yī ge qīzi hé liǎng ge háizi yào yǎnghuó.
- He has a wife and two young children to provide for.
- (colloquial) to raise; to rear (domestic animals)
- (dialectal) to give birth to
Synonyms
- 供養／供养
- 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
- 奉養／奉养 (fèngyǎng)
- 扶養／扶养 (fúyǎng)
- 撫育／抚育 (fǔyù)
- 撫養／抚养 (fǔyǎng)
- 渡子 (Hakka, to raise a child)
- 育兒／育儿 (yù'ér) (to raise a child)
- 贍養／赡养 (shànyǎng)
- 邀飼／邀饲 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 鞠養／鞠养 (jūyǎng) (literary)
- 養育／养育 (yǎngyù)