養活

See also: 养活

Chinese

		give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring someone up; to raise (pig, etc.)	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (養活)		養	活
simp. (养活)		养	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnghuo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ wut⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iúⁿ-oa̍h / ióⁿ-oa̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnghuo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnghuo̊
    • Wade–Giles: yang³-huo⁵
    • Yale: yǎng-hwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeang.huo
    • Palladius: янхо (janxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴ xu̯ɔ⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵ wut⁶
    • Yale: yéuhng wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ wuːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iúⁿ-oa̍h
    • Tâi-lô: iúnn-ua̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viwoah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iũ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uaʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióⁿ-oa̍h
    • Tâi-lô: iónn-ua̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vioyoah
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ¹²¹/

Verb

養活

1. (colloquial) to support (a family financially); to feed; to provide for

   他有一個妻子和兩個孩子要養活。 [MSC, trad.]
   他有一个妻子和两个孩子要养活。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā yǒu yī ge qīzi hé liǎng ge háizi yào yǎnghuó. [Pinyin]

   He has a wife and two young children to provide for.

2. (colloquial) to raise; to rear (domestic animals)
3. (dialectal) to give birth to

Synonyms

• (to support):

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• 供養／供养
• 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 奉養／奉养
• 扶養／扶养 (fúyǎng)
• 撫育／抚育 (fǔyù)
• 撫養／抚养 (fǔyǎng)
• 渡子 (Hakka, to raise a child)
• 育兒／育儿 (yù'ér) (to raise a child)
• 贍養／赡养 (shànyǎng)
• 邀飼／邀饲 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 鞠養／鞠养 (jūyǎng) (literary)
• 養育／养育 (yǎngyù)

 

• (to raise):

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• 哺育 (bǔyù)
• 哺養／哺养 (bǔyǎng)
• 育兒／育儿 (yù'ér) (to feed an infant)
• 豢養／豢养 (huànyǎng)
• 飼養／饲养 (sìyǎng)
• 餵／喂 (wèi)
• 餵養／喂养 (wèiyǎng)
• 馴養／驯养 (xùnyǎng)