shōu​yǎng HSK6

to adopt

  • created sense approved 收养/收養 · shōu​yǎng · to adopt — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    收养 / 收養

    shōu​yǎng

    to adopt

    to legally adopt a child as one's own

    收 (literal) → 收 · shōu · to receive 养 (literal) → 养/養 · yǎng · adoptive

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 收养/收養 · shōu​yǎng · to take in and care for — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    收养 / 收養

    shōu​yǎng

    to take in and care for

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

    收 (literal) → 收 · shōu · to receive 养 (literal) → 养/養 · yǎng · to support

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense