保养 bǎoyǎng▶ บำรุงรักษา

Stroke order

保养 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 保 — 9 strokes
• 养 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. to take good care of (or conserve) one's health
2. to keep in good repair
3. to maintain
4. maintenance

Related words

• 保卫ปกป้อง
• 保姆พยาบาล; แม่นม
• 保守อนุรักษ์นิยม
• 保密ความลับ
• 保管การเก็บรักษา
• 保重ดูแลตัวเอง

保养 is pronounced bǎoyǎng and means “บำรุงรักษา”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 保养 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.