Chinese word dictionary

栽培

zāipéi · to grow; to cultivate; to train; to educate; to patronize

Practice word

Word information

Simplified栽培

Traditional栽培

Pinyinzāipéi

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

栽zāi

to cultivate, to plant, to tend

培péi

to cultivate, to farm; to shore up

How to learn 栽培

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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培训péixùn

to cultivate; to train; to groom; training

培养péiyǎng

to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology)

培育péiyù

to train; to breed

栽zāi

to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb; to stumble; to fall down

栽赃zāizāng

to frame sb (by planting sth on them)