贍養

See also: 赡养

Chinese

		to support; provide for	give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)
trad. (贍養)		贍	養
simp. (赡养)		赡	养

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shànyǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ joeng⁵, sim⁶ joeng⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siām-ióng / siām-iáng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsoe-yan; ⁶zoe-yan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànyǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànyǎng
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴-yang³
    • Yale: shàn-yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shannyeang
    • Palladius: шаньян (šanʹjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin⁶ joeng⁵, sim⁶ joeng⁵
    • Yale: sihn yéuhng, sihm yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ joeng⁵, sim⁶ joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶ yêng⁵, xim⁶ yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²² jœːŋ¹³/, /siːm²² jœːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siām-ióng
    • Tâi-lô: siām-ióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxm'iorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁴¹⁻²² iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siam²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siām-iáng
    • Tâi-lô: siām-iáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxm'iarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam²²⁻²¹ iaŋ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tsoe-yan; ⁶zoe-yan
    • MiniDict: tsoe^平 yan; zoe^去 yan
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsoe-hhian; ³zoe-hhian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø⁵⁵ ɦiã²¹/, /zø²² ɦiã⁴⁴/

Verb

贍養

1. to provide support for (usually one's parents); to support; to provide for

Synonyms

• 供養／供养
• 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 奉養／奉养 (fèngyǎng)
• 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)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 老人贍養／老人赡养 (lǎorén shànyǎng)
• 贍養費／赡养费 (shànyǎngfèi)