粵

修sau1養joeng5

simp修养
sau1 joeng5xiū yǎng

English

  1. accomplishment
  2. training
  3. self-cultivation
  4. (moral and intellectual) sophistication; the whole of one's moral and intellectual character

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. (某個人嘅)品格同等特徵嘅總和。

Examples

  • 阿松佢乜嘢書都唔睇又冇嚟貴格,真係冇修養!

    A-chung doesn't read at all and has no class. He lacks any degree of sophistication!

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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