HSK 6 · Education

教养 jiàoyǎng “upbringing” in Chinese

Traditional 教養

What 教养 means

  1. upbringing
  2. manners
  3. to educate
  4. to bring up
  5. to nurture
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • breeding
  • culture

How to say 教养

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale教jiào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale养yǎng3rd tone, dipping

教养 in a sentence

  1. 他是个有教养的人。

    Tā shì ge yǒu jiàoyǎng de rén.

    He’s a well-mannered person.

    Sentence #816481 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 虽说是高学历，也未必就有教养。

    Suīshuō shì gāo xuélì, yě wèibì jiù yǒu jiàoyǎng.

    Being highly educated doesn’t necessarily mean being well-mannered.

    Sentence #2394890 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 教养 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 教 (jiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
教jiàoto teach; to instruct
  • 孝filial piety · xiàoSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 孝 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiào.

The character 养 (yǎng) drawn as one shape
养yǎngto raise

养 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 教养

教 11 strokes · 养 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

教养 (jiàoyǎng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 教养 (jiàoyǎng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 教养

Words with 教

教室jiàoshì · classroom教jiāo · teach教授jiàoshòu · professor教育jiàoyù · to educate教练jiàoliàn · instructor教训jiàoxun · a lesson (learnt the hard way)教材jiàocái · teaching material请教qǐngjiào · to ask for advice宗教zōngjiào · religion

Words with 养

养yǎng · to raise (animals)养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate营养yíngyǎng · nutrition培养péiyǎng · to cultivate抚养fǔyǎng · to raise (a child)保养bǎoyǎng · to take care of (one’s health)饲养sìyǎng · to raise修养xiūyǎng · self-cultivation

More words: Education & Learning

答辩dábiàn · to defend (a thesis)方言fāngyán · dialect繁体字fántǐzì · traditional Chinese character简体字jiǎntǐzì · simplified Chinese characters精通jīngtōng · to be proficient in记性jìxing · memory (ability to remember)考古kǎogǔ · archaeology科目kēmù · (school) subject

FAQs

教养 (jiàoyǎng) means “upbringing” or “manners”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiàoyǎng: jiào with a 4th tone, then yǎng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 教养 is written 教養. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaoyang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 教养 from the suggestions. Typing jiaoyang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
教养 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.