# 领养 (lǐngyǎng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 领养 (lǐngyǎng) means “to adopt (a child or pet)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to adopt (a child or pet)
- Pinyin: lǐngyǎng (ling3 yang3)
- Traditional: 領養
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他们领养了一只流浪狗。
  Tāmen lǐngyǎngle yì zhī liúlànggǒu.
  They adopted a stray dog.

## Characters

- [领](https://hanziro.com/word/ling-lead/) (lǐng): to lead; to receive
- [养](https://hanziro.com/word/yang-raise/) (yǎng): to raise; to keep (pets)

https://hanziro.com/word/ling-yang-adopt/

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