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VocabularyHSK 5 · core

培养

péiyǎng

to cultivate, to foster

Part of speech · verb

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 学校注重培养学生的能力。
    The school emphasizes cultivating students’ abilities.
  2. 父母从小培养他的好习惯。
    His parents cultivated good habits in him from childhood.

Collocations

培养能力培养人才培养习惯培养兴趣

Mnemonic

培 péi "to bank up soil" + 养 yǎng "to nurture": to bank up and nurture, i.e. to cultivate people or abilities.

Related

培训教育养成锻炼

Quick check

  1. How does 培养 differ from 培训?

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