收養

收養

See also: 收养

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)
trad. (收養)		收	養
simp. (收养)		收	养

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōuyǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ joeng⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): siu-ióng / siu-iáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shōuyǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄧㄤˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shouyeang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ i̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: sau¹ joeng⁵
    • Yale: sāu yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ yêng⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ jœ̽ːŋ¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 修養／修养 收養／收养

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-ióng
    • Tâi-lô: siu-ióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'iorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu³³ iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-iáng
    • Tâi-lô: siu-iáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'iarng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ iaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² iaŋ⁵³/

Verb

收養

1. to adopt a child

Derived terms

收養人／收养人 (shōuyǎngrén)

被收養人／被收养人 (bèishōuyǎngrén)