喂养 meaning in English

wèiyǎng

to feed (a child, domestic animal etc); to keep

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 餵養21 strokes

Meaning of 喂养

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wèiyǎng
  1. to feed (a child, domestic animal etc)
  2. to keep
  3. to raise (an animal)

喂养 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

就jiù像xiàng食shí物wù喂wèi养yǎng身shēn体tǐ,所suǒ以yǐ阅yuè读dú喂wèi养yǎng心xīn灵líng。
Just as food feeds the body, so reading feeds the mind.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

喂 wèi · hey · 12 strokes

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养 yǎng · to raise · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 喂养.

营养yíngyǎngnutrition; nourishment
培养péiyǎngto cultivate; to breed
养成yǎngchéngto cultivate; to raise
疗养liáoyǎngto get well; to heal
保养bǎoyǎngto take good care of (or conserve) one's health; to keep in good repair
修养xiūyǎngaccomplishment; training
收养shōuyǎngto take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child)
养老yǎnglǎoto provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement
抚养fǔyǎngto foster; to bring up
养活yǎnghuoto provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc)
领养lǐngyǎngto adopt (a child, pet etc)
教养jiàoyǎngto educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture

Questions about 喂养

What does 喂养 mean?

喂养 (wèiyǎng) means "to feed (a child, domestic animal etc); to keep" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 喂养?

喂养 is made of 2 characters: 喂 (12 strokes), 养 (9 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 喂养 an HSK word?

Yes. 喂养 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 喂养 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 喂养 is written 餵養.