# 收养 (shōuyǎng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 收养 (shōuyǎng) means “to adopt; to take in and care for”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to adopt; to take in and care for
- Pinyin: shōuyǎng (shou1 yang3)
- Traditional: 收養
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他们收养了一只流浪狗。
  Tāmen shōuyǎng le yì zhī liúlànggǒu.
  They adopted a stray dog.

## Characters

- [收](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-receive/) (shōu): to receive; to collect
- [养](https://hanziro.com/word/yang-raise/) (yǎng): to raise; to keep (pets)

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

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