養養

Chinese

		give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)	give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)
trad. (養養)		養	養
simp. (养养)		养	养
variant forms		洋洋

Etymology

養 is a tongjia character of 恙 (yàng, “worry”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎngyǎng, yàngyàng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄧㄤˇ, ㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄤˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎngyǎng [Phonetic: yángyǎng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄧㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeangyeang
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: yàngyàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanqyanq
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Adjective

養養

(literary) worried; anxious
- 願言思子、中心養養。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  愿言思子、中心养养。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Yuàn yán sī zǐ, zhōngxīn yǎngyǎng. [Pinyin]
  I think longingly of them,
  And my heart is tossed about in uncertainty.

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