Chinese symbol for “alimony”
赡养费
shàn yǎng fèi
Traditional: 贍養費
alimony; child support; maintenance allowance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alimony is 赡养费 (shàn yǎng fèi), defined as: alimony; child support; maintenance allowance.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “alimony”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 赡养费.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赡养 (贍養) | shàn yǎng | to support; to provide support for |
| 培养 (培養) | péi yǎng | to cultivate; to breed |
| 营养 (營養) | yíng yǎng | nutrition; nourishment |
| 养殖 (養殖) | yǎng zhí | to raise; to breed (animals etc) |
| 养老 (養老) | yǎng lǎo | to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement |
| 饲养 (飼養) | sì yǎng | to raise; to rear |
| 养成 (養成) | yǎng chéng | to cultivate; to raise |
| 免费 (免費) | miǎn fèi | free (of charge) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “alimony”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.