| yǎng | to raise (animals)/to bring up (children)/to keep (pets)/to support/to give birth |
| 养 | to raise (animals) to bring up (children) to keep (pets) |
| 养人 | Good for health and recovery of the body. |
| 养伤 | heal the wounds |
| 养儿防老 | (of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age |
| 养兔场 | rabbitry; rabbit warren; warren |
| 养兵 | to train troops |
| 养兵千日，用兵一时 | lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off |
| 养兵千日，用在一朝 | lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off |
| 养分 | nutrient |
| 养地 | to maintain the land (with rotation of crops or fertilizer) |
| 养女 | adopted daughter |
| 养子 | adopted son foster-son |
| 养家 | to support a family to raise a family |
| 养家活口 | to support one's family (idiom) |
| 养家糊口 | to support one's family (idiom); to have difficulty feeding a family |
| 养尊处优 | live in clover |
| 养廉 | to encourage honesty to discourage corruption |
| 养性 | mental or spiritual cultivation |
| 养息 | rest and take nourishing food to build up one's health recuperate |
| 养成 | to cultivate to raise to form (a habit) |