收养

Traditional form:

收養

Pinyin (reading):

shōuyǎng

Definitions:

• to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc)
• to adopt (a child)
• adoption

Characters:

• 收 - to collect, to gather, to harvest
• 养 - to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support

Traditional characters:

• 收 - to collect, to gather, to harvest
• 養 - to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support