收养 shōuyǎng HSK6 to adopt Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents shōuyǎng to adopt 收 shōu verb to receive to receive; to accept; to take in; also used on an address line after a name to mean "in care of"养 養 yǎng verbnoun adoptive (bound form) related by adoption rather than birth; fostershōuyǎng to take in and care for 收 shōu verb to receive to receive; to accept; to take in; also used on an address line after a name to mean "in care of"养 養 yǎng verb to support to provide for one's family; to bring up children