Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

to cultivate; to earth up

Chinese: 培养、栽培;也表示培土、培育。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “pei” becomes a different word in each tone. 培 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 培养péi yǎngto cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture
  • 培训péi xùnto cultivate; to train; to groom; training
  • 培育péi yùto train; to breed
  • 培训班péi xùn bāntraining class
  • 栽培zāi péito grow; to cultivate; to train; to educate

Example Sentence

老师用心培养每一个学生。Lǎo shī yòng xīn péi yǎng měi yí ge xué sheng.The teacher cultivates every student with care.

老师Lǎo shīteacher用心yòng xīnmotive培养péi yǎngto cultivateměieach一个yí gea学生xué shengstudent