奉養

Chinese

		to receive (from superior); to offer; to revere	give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)
trad. (奉養)		奉	養
simp. (奉养)		奉	养

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèngyǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁶ joeng⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǒng-ióng / hōng-ióng / hōng-iáng / hōng-iōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèngyǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fòngyǎng
    • Wade–Giles: fêng⁴-yang³
    • Yale: fèng-yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenqyeang
    • Palladius: фэнъян (fɛnʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung⁶ joeng⁵
    • Yale: fuhng yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁶ joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung⁶ yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²² jœːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǒng-ióng
    • Tâi-lô: hǒng-ióng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²² iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng-ióng
    • Tâi-lô: hōng-ióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxng'iorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng-iáng
    • Tâi-lô: hōng-iáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxng'iarng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²²⁻²¹ iaŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: hōng-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxng'iong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/

Verb

奉養

1. to support and wait upon (one's parents, etc.)

Synonyms

• 供養／供养
• 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 扶養／扶养 (fúyǎng)
• 撫育／抚育 (fǔyù)
• 撫養／抚养 (fǔyǎng)
• 渡子 (Hakka, to raise a child)
• 育兒／育儿 (yù'ér) (to raise a child)
• 贍養／赡养 (shànyǎng)
• 邀飼／邀饲 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 鞠養／鞠养 (jūyǎng) (literary)
• 養活／养活 (yǎnghuo) (colloquial)
• 養育／养育 (yǎngyù)