HSK 6 · Ideas

修养 xiūyǎng “self-cultivation” in Chinese

Traditional 修養

What 修养 means

  1. self-cultivation
  2. good manners
  3. refinement
  4. accomplishment
  5. training

How to say 修养

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale修xiū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale养yǎng3rd tone, dipping

修养 in a sentence

  1. 他是一个很有修养的人。

    Tā shì yí ge hěn yǒu xiūyǎng de rén.

    He’s a very cultivated person.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 读书可以提高一个人的修养。

    Dúshū kěyǐ tígāo yí ge rén de xiūyǎng.

    Reading can make a person more refined.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 修养 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 修 (xiū) with each of its parts in a different colour
修xiūto decorate
  • 攸distant · yōuSound part
  • 彡bristle · shānMeaning part

彡 hints at the meaning (bristle); 攸 (yōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiū.

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 修养

修 9 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.

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

Words related to 修养

Words with 修

修理xiūlǐ · to repair维修wéixiū · to repair修改xiūgǎi · to amend装修zhuāngxiū · to renovate修复xiūfù · to repair修建xiūjiàn · to build

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)教养jiàoyǎng · upbringing饲养sìyǎng · to raise

More words: Ideas & Concepts

形态xíngtài · form信念xìnniàn · belief心血xīnxuè · painstaking effort信仰xìnyǎng · belief雪上加霜xuěshàngjiāshuāng · one misfortune after another (lit. frost on top of snow)循环xúnhuán · cycle须知xūzhī · notice演变yǎnbiàn · to evolve

FAQs

修养 (xiūyǎng) means “self-cultivation” or “good manners”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiūyǎng: xiū with a 1st 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, 修养 is written 修養. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiuyang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 修养 from the suggestions. Typing xiuyang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
修养 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.