領養

See also: 领养

Chinese

		neck; collar; to lead neck; collar; to lead; to receive	give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring someone up; to raise (pig, etc.)
trad. (領養)		領	養
simp. (领养)		领	养

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐngyǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁵ joeng⁵

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐngyǎng [Phonetic: língyǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐngyǎng
    • Wade–Giles: ling³-yang³
    • Yale: lǐng-yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liingyeang
    • Palladius: линъян (linʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁵ joeng⁵
    • Yale: líhng yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁵ joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁵ yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ¹³ jœːŋ¹³/

Verb

領養

1. to adopt (a child, pet, etc.)