joeng5 juk6養育养育
Jyutpingjoeng5 juk6
Yaleyéuhng yuhk
Definition
To raise, rear, or bring up, especially children.
neutralfamilypeople
How it's used
Focuses on the long term process of providing for and guiding a child through their development. While it implies financial support, it emphasizes the emotional and moral investment involved in parenting. It is a more formal or serious term compared to the everyday verb 湊.
Examples
The couple worked very hard to raise their son.
Raising children is really not easy.
Related words
Common phrases
the grace of being raised by one's parents
to raise children
Common mistake
Avoid using this in casual conversation when talking about daily childcare tasks like feeding or watching a toddler, as 湊 is much more natural for those immediate, day to day activities.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
