收养
shōu​yǎng HSK6

to adopt

收养 收養 shōu​yǎng
to adopt verb
to legally adopt a child as one's own

我收养了一个男孩。

wǒ shōu​yǎng le yī​ge nán​hái.

I adopted a boy.

to take in and care for verb
to provide shelter and care for an animal, orphan, or elderly person

她收养了9只狗，6只猫。

tā shōu​yǎng le9 zhī gǒu,6 zhī māo.

She adopted 9 dogs and 6 cats.

1993年，一个普通的俄罗斯家庭收养了一只三个月大正努力活下去的小熊。

1993 nián, yī​ge pǔ​tōng de é​luó​sī jiā​tíng shōu​yǎng le yī zhī sān​ge yuè dà zhèng nǔ lì huó xià​qu de xiǎo xióng.

In 1993, an ordinary Russian family adopted a three-month-old bear cub that was struggling to survive.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
17.0 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
5.79 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 6

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)