頤養

Chinese

		cheeks; nourish	give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)
trad. (頤養)		頤	養
simp. (颐养)		颐	养

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíyǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ joeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíyǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíyǎng
    • Wade–Giles: i²-yang³
    • Yale: yí-yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiyeang
    • Palladius: иян (ijan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ joeng⁵
    • Yale: yìh yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ jœːŋ¹³/

Verb

頤養

1. (literary) to maintain one's health; to keep fit

Synonyms

• 保養／保养 (bǎoyǎng)
• 保養身體／保养身体 (bǎoyǎng shēntǐ)
• 攝／摄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 攝生／摄生 (shèshēng) (literary)
• 攝衛／摄卫 (shèwèi) (literary)
• 攝養／摄养 (shèyǎng) (literary)
• 養生／养生