收 养

shōuyǎng

Meaning

to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc)
to adopt (a child)
adoption

Example

我们收养了一个孩子。

We adopted a child.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

shōuHSK 26 strokesto receive yǎngHSK 29 strokesto raise (animals)

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