粵

收sau1養joeng5

simp收养
sau1 joeng5shōu yǎng

English

  1. to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc)
  2. to adopt (a child)
  3. adoption
  4. to adopt; to take in and bring up

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 養育孤兒、又或者被遺棄嘅動物

Examples

  • 非洲近年外國收養人數持續增加緊,如果2004年嘅預測成真,埃塞俄比亞會成為美國人收養最多嘅十個國家之一。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 他们收养了那个孤儿。

    They adopted the orphan.

    Tatoeba · crescat CC BY

  • 我们收养了一个孩子。

    We adopted a child.

    Tatoeba · iMaple CC BY

  • 他们收养了那个小女孩。

    They adopted the little girl.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 我妻子想收养一个孩子。

    My wife wants to adopt a child.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 收養孤兒

    to adopt an orphan

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

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