培 péi to cultivate
to cultivate; to farm
怎么记住“培”: 土 earth + 咅 spit = to cultivate. Grandpa kneels in the earth, stops to spit into his palms, and shows his grandson how to cultivate.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
培 = 土 earth + 咅 spit
- 土 earth meaning
- 咅 spit sound
Grandpa kneels in the earth, stops to spit into his palms, and shows his grandson how to cultivate.
How it came to be
Earth gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- Bound character meaning "to cultivate/nurture", central to 培养 (péiyǎng), to develop or foster (talent, habits, people): 培养兴趣 (péiyǎng xìngqù), to cultivate an interest.
- 培训 (péixùn) refers to professional/skills training, and doubles as a noun: 培训班 (péixùnbān), training class.
- 培育 (péiyù) and 栽培 (zāipéi) both extend the "cultivate" sense to plants, and figuratively to mentoring people.
- 培 rarely appears as a standalone verb. It needs one of these companions.