養活

See also: 养活

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Verb

養活

  1. to support (a family financially); to feed; to provide for
    妻子孩子養活 [MSC, trad.]
    妻子孩子养活 [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. to raise; to rear (domestic animals)
  3. (dialectal) to give birth to
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