Chinese

培育

/pʰeɪ̯³⁵ y⁵¹/
to cultivate; to breed
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 7

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  • characterChinese培 “to hill up; to earth up; to bank up”
    • meaningChinese土 “earth; soil”
    • soundChinese咅 “A sound used to indicate refusal.”
      • meaningChinese丶 “An ancient punctuation mark.”
      • soundChinese否 “nay; no; negative”
        • soundChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
        • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
  • characterChinese育 “to give birth to”

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