CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

养大

yǎngdà

to raise (a child or animal)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

to raise (a child or animal)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 养大 actually appears in real sentences.

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Lucy是被她的祖父母养大的。Lucy shì bèi tā de zǔ fù mǔ yǎng dà de。

Lucy was brought up by her grandparents.

尽管她没能和我们在一起，但我知道，我的祖母和养大我的家人在看着我，我今晚很想念他们，我知道我欠他们的东西是无法计量的。我的妹妹马娅、我的姐姐奥玛，我其他的兄弟和姐妹，非常感谢你们对我的支持，我感谢他们。我的妹妹马娅、我的姐姐奥玛，我其他的兄弟和姐妹，非常感谢你们对我的支持，我感谢他们。jǐn guǎn tā méi néng hé wǒ men zài yì qǐ， dàn wǒ zhī dào， wǒ de zǔ mǔ hé yǎng dà wǒ de jiā rén zài kàn zhe wǒ， wǒ jīn wǎn hěn xiǎng niàn tā men， wǒ zhī dào wǒ qiàn tā men de dōng xī shì wú fǎ jì liàng de。 wǒ de mèi mèi mǎ yà、 wǒ de jiě jiě ào mǎ， wǒ qí tā de xiōng dì hé jiě mèi， fēi cháng gǎn xiè nǐ men duì wǒ de zhī chí， wǒ gǎn xiè tā men。 wǒ de mèi mèi mǎ yà、 wǒ de jiě jiě ào mǎ， wǒ qí tā de xiōng dì hé jiě mèi， fēi cháng gǎn xiè nǐ men duì wǒ de zhī chí， wǒ gǎn xiè tā men。

And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure. To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me. I'm grateful to them.

爹娘含辛茹苦把我养大，这份恩情我一辈子也还不完。diē niáng hán xīn rú kǔ bǎ wǒ yǎng dà， zhè fèn ēn qíng wǒ yī bèi zi yě hái bù wán。

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COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 养大.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 养大.

Directly before

祖父母养大1
和养大1
我养大1

Directly after

养大的1
养大我1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 养大

What does 养大 mean in Chinese?

养大 (yǎngdà) means to raise (a child or animal).

How do you pronounce 养大?

养大 is pronounced yǎngdà.

Is 养大 an HSK word?

养大 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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