Definition
营养 (yíngyǎng) is a noun meaning 'nutrition, nourishment' — the nutrients your body needs from food. The sibling 补 (bǔ) is a verb meaning 'to supplement' and often pairs with 营养 in the phrase 补充营养 'to supplement nutrition', but 补 itself does not mean 'nutrition'.
noun
nutritionnourishment
Measure word · 种
Examples
- 营养。Jūnhéng de yíng yǎng duì jiànkāng hěn zhòngyào.Balanced nutrition is very important for health.
- 营养。Zhè zhǒng shūcài de yíng yǎng jiàzhí hěn gāo.This kind of vegetable has high nutritional value.
- ，营养。Tā shēngbìng le, xūyào bǔchōng yíng yǎng.He is sick and needs to supplement his nutrition.
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