# 教养 (jiàoyǎng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 教养 (jiàoyǎng) means “upbringing; to raise (a child)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: upbringing; to raise (a child)
- Pinyin: jiàoyǎng (jiao4 yang3)
- Traditional: 教養
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他举止礼貌，一看就很有教养。
  Tā jǔzhǐ lǐmào, yí kàn jiù hěn yǒu jiàoyǎng.
  He behaves politely and is clearly well-bred.

## Characters

- [教](https://hanziro.com/word/jiao-teach/) (jiāo): to teach
- [养](https://hanziro.com/word/yang-raise/) (yǎng): to raise; to keep (pets)

https://hanziro.com/word/jiao-yang-upbringing/

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