赡养 shànyǎng to support
to support; to provide support for; to maintain
怎么记住“赡养”: 赡 rich + 养 to raise = to support.
汉字
用法
- To financially support/provide for (esp. elderly parents) - 赡养老人 (shànyǎng lǎorén) to support one's aged parents; 赡养费 (shànyǎngfèi) alimony/support payments.
- Legal/family register: the duty of grown children to support parents.
- Distinct from 抚养 (fǔyǎng, to raise/support children) and 供养 (gōngyǎng): 赡养 is downward-to-upward, supporting elders.
例句
- 儿女有责任赡养父母。 Érnǚ yǒu zérèn shànyǎng fùmǔ.It's the duty of children to care for their parents.