HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

养活

yǎnghuo

Traditional: 養活

to provide for

HSK 7–9
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Meaning of 养活 in English

yǎnghuoHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #10169
  1. to provide for
  2. to keep (animals, a family etc)
  3. to raise animals
  4. to feed and clothe
  5. to give birth
  6. support
  7. the necessities of life

Example sentences

  1. 他有一个妻子和两个孩子要养活。
    tā yǒu yí gè qī zǐ hé liǎng gè hái zi yào yǎng huó。
    He has a wife and two young children to provide for.
    Tatoeba #347040 by fucongcong · #288086 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

养 on its own →
yǎng · to raise (animals)

HSK words with 养

养HSK 3养成HSK 4培养HSK 5营养HSK 5养老HSK 6养老院HSK 6保养HSK 7–9抚养HSK 7–9供养HSK 7–9教养HSK 7–9
活 on its own →
huó · to live

HSK words with 活

生活HSK 3活HSK 4活动HSK 4活泼HSK 4干活儿HSK 4灵活HSK 5活力HSK 6活跃HSK 6存活HSK 7–9复活HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences