教养
jiào yǎng
Pinyin

Definition

教养
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jiào yǎng
  1. to train
  2. to educate
  3. to bring up
  4. to nurture
  5. education
  6. culture
  7. upbringing
  8. early conditioning

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Jiào
  1. 1 surname Jiao
jiào shì
  1. 1 classroom
  2. 2 CL:間|间[jiān]
jiào shòu
  1. 1 professor
  2. 2 to instruct
  3. 3 to lecture on
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
jiào yù
  1. 1 to educate
  2. 2 to teach
  3. 3 education
Fó jiào
  1. 1 Buddhism
Jī dū jiào
  1. 1 Christianity
  2. 2 Christian
wài jiào
  1. 1 foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师)
  2. 2 greenhorn
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 amateurish
  5. 5 religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)
zōng jiào
  1. 1 religion
jiā jiào
  1. 1 family education
  2. 2 upbringing
  3. 3 to bring sb up
  4. 4 private tutor
zhǐ jiào
  1. 1 to give advice or comments
zhī jiào
  1. 1 program bringing education to underdeveloped areas
  2. 2 to work in such a program
jiào zhǔ
  1. 1 founder or leader of a religion or sect
  2. 2 (fig.) revered figure
jiào wù
  1. 1 educational administration
jiào huà
  1. 1 to enlighten
  2. 2 to civilize
  3. 3 to indoctrinate
  4. 4 to train (an animal)
jiào táng
  1. 1 church
  2. 2 chapel
  3. 3 CL:間|间[jiān]
jiào xué
  1. 1 to teach
  2. 2 teaching and learning
  3. 3 education
  4. 4 CL:門|门[mén],個|个[gè]
jiào xué lóu
  1. 1 teaching block
  2. 2 school building
jiào guān
  1. 1 military instructor
jiào dǎo
  1. 1 to instruct
  2. 2 to teach
  3. 3 guidance
  4. 4 teaching
jiào shī
  1. 1 teacher
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (7)

因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
  1. 1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
杀彘教子
shā zhì jiào zǐ
  1. 1 to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example
画荻教子
huà dí jiào zǐ
  1. 1 to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom)
  2. 2 mother's admirable dedication to her children's education
相夫教子
xiàng fū jiào zǐ
  1. 1 to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom)
  2. 2 the traditional roles of a good wife
言传身教
yán chuán shēn jiào
  1. 1 to teach by words and example (idiom)
言教不如身教
yán jiào bù rú shēn jiào
  1. 1 Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example (idiom). Action speaks louder than words.
身教胜于言教
shēn jiào shèng yú yán jiào
  1. 1 teaching by example beats explaining in words (idiom)
  2. 2 action speaks louder than words

Sample Sentences

也行。不过,吃饭的时候不要把嘴巴张得很大。还有,咀嚼食物的时候不要发出很恶心的吧唧吧唧的声音,那样会显得很没教养。
yě xíng 。bùguò ,chīfàn de shíhou bù yào bǎ zuǐbā zhāng de hěn dà 。háiyǒu ,jǔjué shíwù de shíhou bù yào fāchū hěn ěxīn de bājībājī de shēngyīn ,nàyàng huì xiǎnde hěn méi jiàoyǎng 。
That'll work. However, when you eat you shouldn't open your mouth too wide. Also, when you chew your food you shouldn't make really disgusting chewing and chomping noises; it makes you look like you weren't raised well.
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现在的年轻人 啊!真是没教养!
xiànzài de niánqīngrén a !zhēnshì méi jiàoyǎng !
Young people these days! They're just not raised right!
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