to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption
trad. 收養
Also written 收養【shōu yǎng】
Characters in this word
2收
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to receive, to accept, to collect, to put away, to restrain, to stop, in care of (used on address line after name)
- Pinyin
- shōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2048 of 2500
养
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to raise (animals), to bring up (children), to keep (pets), to support, to give birth
- Pinyin
- yǎng
- Traditional
- 養
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 3496 of 2500