培育 péiyù to train
to train; to breed
How to remember 培育: 培 to cultivate + 育 nurture = to train.
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How it is used
- To cultivate or nurture something into maturity - plants, talent, industries: 培育新品种 (péiyù xīn pǐnzhǒng) to breed a new variety, 培育人才 (péiyù réncái) to nurture talent.
- Compare 培养 (péiyǎng), the everyday word for training people/habits; 培育 leans slightly more toward breeding/incubating and grand cultivation projects.
- Written and somewhat formal; suggests patient, deliberate development.