| 奉养 | fèng yǎng | to look after (elderly parents); to serve; to support |
| 姑息养奸 | gū xī yǎng jiān | to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child |
| 娇生惯养 | jiāo shēng guàn yǎng | pampered and spoiled since childhood |
| 家养 | jiā yǎng | domestic (animals); home reared |
| 彭养鸥 | Péng Yǎng ōu | Peng Yangou, late Qing novelist, author of Black register of lost souls 黑籍冤魂 |
| 惯养 | guàn yǎng | to spoil; to indulge sb (usu. a child) |
| 抱养 | bào yǎng | adopt (a child) |
| 抚养成人 | fǔ yǎng chéng rén | to bring up (a child) |
| 抚养权 | fǔ yǎng quán | custody (of a child etc) |
| 抚养费 | fǔ yǎng fèi | child support payment (after a divorce) |
| 散养 | sǎn yǎng | free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc) |
| 母乳喂养 | mǔ rǔ wèi yǎng | breast feeding |
| 水产养殖 | shuǐ chǎn yǎng zhí | aquaculture |
| 海水养殖 | hǎi shuǐ yǎng zhí | aquaculture |
| 滋养层 | zī yǎng céng | trophoblastic layer (attaches fertilized ovum to the uterus); trophoderm |
| 营养不良 | yíng yǎng bù liáng | malnutrition; undernourishment; deficiency disease; dystrophy |
| 营养价值 | yíng yǎng jià zhí | nutritional value |
| 营养品 | yíng yǎng pǐn | nourishment; nutrient |
| 营养学 | yíng yǎng xué | nutrition |
| 营养液 | yíng yǎng yè | nutrient fluid |
| 营养物质 | yíng yǎng wù zhì | nutrient |
| 牧养 | mù yǎng | to raise (animals) |
| 狗娘养的 | gǒu niáng yǎng de | son-of-a-bitch (vulgar) |
| 生养 | shēng yǎng | to bring up (children); to raise; to bear |
| 疗养所 | liáo yǎng suǒ | sanitorium; convalescent hospital |
| 禄养 | lù yǎng | to support sb with official pay |
| 童养媳妇 | tóng yǎng xí fù | child bride; girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law |
| 细胞培养 | xì bāo péi yǎng | cell culture |
| 细胞培养器 | xì bāo péi yǎng qì | cell cultivator |
| 自养 | zì yǎng | self-sustaining; economically independent (of state aid, foreign subsidy etc) |
| 蓄养 | xù yǎng | to raise (animals) |
| 薄养厚葬 | bó yǎng hòu zàng | to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral; hypocrisy in arranging a lavish funeral after treating one's parents meanly |
| 补养 | bǔ yǎng | take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health |
| 调养 | tiáo yǎng | to take care of (sb's health); to nurse |
| 赡养费 | shàn yǎng fèi | alimony; child support; maintenance allowance |
| 送养 | sòng yǎng | to place out for adoption |
| 野外放养 | yě wài fàng yǎng | free-range (breeding livestock or poultry) |
| 静养 | jìng yǎng | to convalesce; to recuperate; to fully relax |
| 韬光养晦 | tāo guāng yǎng huì | lit. to cover light and nurture in the dark (idiom); to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time; hiding one's light under a bush |
| 领养 | lǐng yǎng | adoption; to adopt (a child) |
| 颐性养寿 | yí xìng yǎng shòu | to take care of one's spirit and keep fit (idiom) |
| 颐养 | yí yǎng | to look after one's health; to keep fit |
| 颐养天年 | yí yǎng tiān nián | to care for oneself for one's allotted life span (idiom); to retire |
| 饮食疗养 | yǐn shí liáo yǎng | diet |
| 饲养场 | sì yǎng chǎng | farm; feed lot; dry lot |
| 饲养者 | sì yǎng zhě | feeder |
| 养儿防老 | yǎng ér fáng lǎo | (of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age |
养兵千日，
用兵一时 | yǎng bīng qiān rì ,
yòng bīng yī shí | lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off |
养兵千日，
用在一朝 | yǎng bīng qiān rì ,
yòng zài yī cháo | lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off |
| 养女 | yǎng nǚ | adopted daughter |
