Chinese symbol for “fostering”
培养
péi yǎng
Traditional: 培養
to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fostering is 培养 (péi yǎng), defined as: to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 培养.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 培训 (培訓) | péi xùn | to cultivate; to train |
| 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 |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fostering”.
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.