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赡养

赡养 (shàn yǎng): Support (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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赡养 consists of 2 characters.

to provide for; to support financially

to raise, to nurture, to support

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Word Info

Pinyinshàn yǎng

MeaningSupport

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxVerb

Word赡养

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 赡养.

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3.

How to Use 赡养 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 赡养 with other words naturally.

Verb + Object

shàn赡

yǎng养

lǎo老

rén人

neutral

support the elderly

shàn赡

yǎng养

yì义

wù务

formalWritten

shàn赡

yǎng养

fù父

mǔ母

formal

support one's parents

Adverb + Verbwith依法

yī依

fǎ法

shàn赡

yǎng养

4.

Example Sentences with 赡养

zǐ子

nǚ女

yào要

shàn赡

yǎng养

fù父

mǔ母

duty of support

formal

Written

support according to law

。

Children should support their parents.

tā他

chéng承

nuò诺

huì会

shàn赡

yǎng养

nián年

mài迈

de的

fù父

mǔ母

，

zhí直

dào到

tā他

men们

ān安

xiǎng享

wǎn晚

nián年

。

He promised to support his elderly parents until they enjoy their later years.

rú如

guǒ果

shōu收

rù入

bù不

zú足

，

nǐ你

dǎ打

suàn算

rú如

hé何

shàn赡

yǎng养

zhěng整

gè个

jiā家

tíng庭

ne呢

？

If your income is insufficient, how do you plan to support the entire family?

tā他

nǔ努

lì力

gōng工

zuò作

，

wèi为

le了

shàn赡

yǎng养

jiā家

rén人

。

He works hard to support his family.

jǐn尽

guǎn管

jīng经

jì济

yā压

lì力

dà大

，

dàn但

tā他

cóng从

wèi未

xiǎng想

guò过

táo逃

bì避

shàn赡

yǎng养

de的

zé责

rèn任

。

Despite the heavy economic pressure, he never thought of evading the responsibility of support.

shàn赡

yǎng养

zǐ子

nǚ女

bù不

jǐn仅

shì是

fǎ法

lǜ律

yì义

wù务

，

gèng更

shì是

yì一

zhǒng种

dào道

dé德

shàng上

de的

chéng承

nuò诺

。

Supporting children is not only a legal obligation but also a moral commitment.

shàn赡

yǎng养

lǎo老

rén人

shì是

zhōng中

huá华

mín民

zú族

de的

chuán传

tǒng统

měi美

dé德

。

Supporting the elderly is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation.

tā她

wú无

fǎ法

shàn赡

yǎng养

zì自

jǐ己

，

gèng更

bié别

tí提

zhào照

gù顾

nián年

mài迈

de的

zǔ祖

fù父

mǔ母

le了

。

She cannot support herself, let alone take care of her elderly grandparents.