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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 培养

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
培养 péi yǎng - to cultivate
- to breed
- to foster
- to nurture
- to educate
- to groom (for a position)
- education
- fostering
- culture (biology)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 4 5,203 1,076 3,119

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
培 péi- to bank up with earth
- to cultivate (lit. or fig.)
- to train (people)
养 yǎng- to raise (animals)
- to bring up (children)
- to keep (pets)
- to support
- to give birth

Other Words Containing 培养

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
培养 5 4 5,203 1,076 3,119
培养皿 - - 24,303 55,054 95,880
培养液 - - 46,880 24,139 -
培养基 - - 66,217 15,394 71,797