HSK 5 · Verbs

培养 péiyǎng “to cultivate” in Chinese

Traditional 培養

What 培养 means

  1. to cultivate
  2. to breed
  3. to foster
  4. to nurture
  5. to educate
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to groom (for a position)

How to say 培养

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale培péi2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale养yǎng3rd tone, dipping

培养 in a sentence

  1. 如果训练得当的话，音乐才能是可以培养出来的。

    Rúguǒ xùnliàn dédàng dehuà, yīnyuè cáinéng shì kěyǐ péiyǎng chūlai de.

    Musical talent can be developed with the right training.

    Sentence #1722334 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 培养 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 培 (péi) with each of its parts in a different colour
培péito bank up with earth
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 咅to spit out · pǒuSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 咅 (pǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with péi.

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 培养

培 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.

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

Words related to 培养

Words with 培

培训péixùn · to train培育péiyù · to cultivate栽培zāipéi · to cultivate

Words with 养

养yǎng · to raise (animals)养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate营养yíngyǎng · nutrition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修养xiūyǎng · self-cultivation

More words: Common Verbs

模仿mófǎng · to imitate念niàn · to read aloud拍pāi · to pat派pài · to send配合pèihé · to cooperate批pī · measure word for batches or groups披pī · to drape over one’s shoulders飘piāo · to float (in the air)

FAQs

培养 (péiyǎng) means “to cultivate” or “to breed”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it péiyǎng: péi with a 2nd 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, 培养 is written 培養. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type peiyang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 培养 from the suggestions. Typing peiyang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
培养 is an HSK 5 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.