教养 (教養)
jiào yǎng
Pinyin

Definition

教养 (教養)
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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)

教
Jiào
  1. 1 surname Jiao
教室
jiào shì
  1. 1 classroom
  2. 2 classifier: 间 jiān
教授
jiào shòu
  1. 1 professor
  2. 2 to instruct
  3. 3 to lecture on
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
教育
jiào yù
  1. 1 to educate
  2. 2 to teach
  3. 3 education
佛教
Fó jiào
  1. 1 Buddhism

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)

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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