保育

bǎoyù

verb #33,019

Meanings

1 to care for children
2 childcare
3 to protect and nurture (wildlife, heritage)
4 conservation

Characters

to nurture; raise

Examples

她在幼儿园做保育员。

Tā zài yòu'éryuán zuò bǎoyùyuán.

She works as a childcare worker at a kindergarten.

野生动物保育是全球性议题。

Yěshēng dòngwù bǎoyù shì quánqiú xìng yìtí.

Wildlife conservation is a global issue.

Tips

usage

Two distinct domains: (1) 保育员 (bǎoyùyuán) is a kindergarten/nursery childcare worker, distinct from a 教师 (teacher); (2) 保育 in conservation contexts — 物种保育 (species conservation), 文化保育 (heritage preservation) — is more common in Taiwan/Hong Kong; mainland China often uses 保护 (bǎohù) instead.

Stroke Order

保 bǎo

育 yù