péi

to bank up with earth

to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)

earth (土) + phonetic (咅) = cultivate by building up soil

The earth radical carries the core meaning: banking soil around a plant's roots to help it grow. 咅 contributes the sound péi and has no semantic role here.

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农民每天都去地里土。

nóng mín měi tiān dōu qù dì lǐ péi tǔ。

The farmers go to the fields every day to bank up the soil.

公司花了很多钱养年轻的员工。

gōng sī huā le hěn duō qián péi yǎng nián qīng de yuán gōng。

The company spent a lot of money cultivating its young employees.

Words with 培

培养

péi yǎng

to cultivate

通识培训

tōng shí péi xùn

general culture

阿旺曲培

ā wàng qū péi

Ngawang Choephel (1966-), Tibetan musicologist and dissident, Fullbright scholar (1993-1994), jailed 1995-2002 then released to US

驾培

jià péi

driver training (abbr. for 駕駛培訓|驾驶培训[jia4 shi3 pei2 xun4])

庞培

páng péi

Pompeium, Roman town in Bay of Naples destroyed by eruption of Vesuvius in 79

刘师培

liú shī péi

Liu Shipei (1884-1919), Chinese anarchist and revolutionary activist

坎培拉

kǎn péi lā

Canberra, capital of Australia (Tw)

培训班

péi xùn bān

training class

培亚

péi yà

Praia, capital of Cape Verde (Tw)

培修

péi xiū

to repair earthworks

培勒兹

péi lè zī

Perez (name)

培土

péi tǔ

to earth up

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