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培 [péi] [verb] 1. To mound earth around the base of plants or walls for protection. Example: 培土 (mound earth). 培种 (mound for planting). 培修 (mound for repair). 培植 (mound for planting). 2. To help and protect someone's growth. Example: 培养 (cultivate). 教育 (educate). 培训 (train). Origin: The original meaning refers to heaping earth for the roots of plants or walls. Etymology: Phonetic-ideographic; combines the element 土 (earth) with the phonetic 咅 (pǒu). Synonyms: 1. Same original meaning ([En.] earth up). 2. To increase; to add ([En.] add). 3. To cultivate, to educate ([En.] cultivate; educate). 4. To bury things in sand or ash for preservation ([En.] bury in sand or ash). 5. Related to "凭" ([píng]), which means to rely on or depend on. Examples from literature: 1. 《说文》: 培，培敦土田山川也。 定义为垒土也。 (Meaning: To mound earth in fields and mountains.) 2. 《国语·晋语》: 若见垒培。 注: "垒墼曰培。" (Meaning: "Mound is referred to as 培.") 3. 《礼记·中庸》: 故栽者培之。 (Meaning: Those who plant must mound it.) 4. 《淮南子·齐俗》: 凿培而遁之。 注: "培屋后墙也。" (Meaning: To mound behind the wall of the house.) 5. 《吕氏春秋·辨土》: 高培则拔。 注: "培田侧也。" (Meaning: The side of the mounded field.) Instances of usage: - 培户 (insects piling earth around their burrows). Additional usage: 1. To enhance or add ([En.] add). Example: 培敦 (to increase its area); 培堆 (to stack high). 2. To cultivate, to educate ([En.] cultivate; educate). Example: 栽培 (to plant; to cultivate); 培壅 (to cultivate). 3. To bury things in sand or ash for preservation ([En.] bury in sand or ash). Example: 以灰培瓜子 (to bury melon seeds in ash); 放在沙中培着 (to place them buried in sand). 4. Related to "凭" ([píng]), meaning to rely on. 例如: "而后乃今培风" (Meaning: And then I depend on the prevailing wind). 培塿 Small hill.