HSK 6 · Body

保养 bǎoyǎng “to take care of (one’s health)” in Chinese

Said as báoyǎng

Traditional 保養

What 保养 means

  1. to take care of (one’s health)
  2. to maintain (equipment)
  3. to take good care of (or conserve) one’s health
  4. to keep in good repair
  5. to maintain
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • maintenance

How to say 保养

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale保bǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale养yǎng3rd tone, dipping

Said as báoyǎng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

保养 in a sentence

  1. 这辆车保养起来很贵。

    Zhè liàng chē bǎoyǎng qǐlai hěn guì.

    This car is expensive to maintain.

    Sentence #333042 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 保养 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 保 (bǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 呆dull · dāiSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 呆 (dāi) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǎo.

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 保养

保 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.

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

Words related to 保养

Words with 保

保证bǎozhèng · guarantee保护bǎohù · to protect保留bǎoliú · to keep保持bǎochí · to keep保存bǎocún · to conserve保险bǎoxiǎn · insurance保重bǎozhòng · to take care of oneself保密bǎomì · to keep something secret保管bǎoguǎn · to look after确保quèbǎo · to ensure

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)教养jiàoyǎng · upbringing饲养sìyǎng · to raise修养xiūyǎng · self-cultivation

More words: People, Body & Health

祖先zǔxiān · ancestor癌症áizhèng · cancer按摩ànmó · massage疤bā · scar保重bǎozhòng · to take care of oneself臂bì · arm鼻涕bítì · nasal mucus哺乳bǔrǔ · to breastfeed

FAQs

保养 (bǎoyǎng) means “to take care of (one’s health)” or “to maintain (equipment)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǎoyǎng: bǎo with a 3rd tone, then yǎng with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like báoyǎng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 保养 is written 保養. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baoyang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 保养 from the suggestions. Typing baoyang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
保养 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.