Chinese symbol for “cultivate”
培训
péi xùn
Traditional: 培訓
to cultivate; to train; to groom; training
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cultivate is 培训 (péi xùn), defined as: to cultivate; to train; to groom; training.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cultivate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 培养 (培養) | péi yǎng | to cultivate; to breed |
| 养成 (養成) | yǎng chéng | to cultivate; to raise |
| 培植 | péi zhí | to cultivate; to train |
| 涵养 (涵養) | hán yǎng | to cultivate (personal qualities); (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc) |
| 种植 (種植) | zhòng zhí | to plant; to grow (a crop); to cultivate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 培训.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 培养 (培養) | péi yǎng | to cultivate; to breed |
| 培育 | péi yù | to train; to breed |
| 栽培 | zāi péi | to grow; to cultivate |
| 培训班 (培訓班) | péi xùn bān | training class |
| 培根 | péi gēn | (loanword) bacon |
| 训练 (訓練) | xùn liàn | to train; to drill |
| 教训 (教訓) | jiào xun | to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson |
| 军训 (軍訓) | jūn xùn | to do military training |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cultivate”.
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.
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