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From :   wanwanbing

Date : 2010-09-25 / 02:03PM

Hey,

What’s the word for adopted or to adopt a custom and to adopt a child from another country? Someone in my family adopted a child from china and I want to learn to how say it.

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sunnyliu

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2010-09-25 / 05:48PM

For adopt in ‘adopt a child’, in Chinese we say shou1 yang3, meaning to raise a child who’s not his/her own.

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benny

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2010-09-25 / 10:15PM
To : sunnyliu

Hi Wanwanbing,

You can also say “领养 ling yang”

Benny



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