寄gei3養joeng5

simp寄养

gei3 joeng5jì yǎng

English

to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc)
to foster
to board out
to entrust a child to the care of sby; to ask sby to bring up a child or to take care of a pet

粵語 — Cantonese

將仔女或者寵物交俾外人照顧

Examples

寄養家庭
foster family
佢將個仔寄養喺朋友屋企。
He left his child in the care of his friend.

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

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