自养 Traditional form: 自養 Pinyin (reading): zìyǎng Definitions: self-sustaining economically independent (of state aid, foreign subsidy etc) Characters: 自 - self; private, personal; from 养 - to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support Traditional characters: 自 - self; private, personal; from 養 - to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support