過房

过房
guòfáng
  1. to adopt
  2. to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)

CEDICT

  1. to adopt a young relative
  2. to give one's child to a relative for adoption; to have one's child adopted by a relative

Wiktionary

自己無子而以兄弟、親戚或他人之子為後嗣。《三國演義．第五回》：「操父曹嵩原是夏侯氏之子，過房與曹家，因此是同族。」也作「過繼」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 過 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=1 過 guo (experienced action marker)
2 房 fáng
  1. house
  2. room
  3. branch of an extended family
  4. classifier for family members (or concubines)

classifier: 間

Related entries

可決 kějué
  1. to adopt
  2. to pass
  3. to vote approval (of a law etc)
抱養 bàoyǎng to adopt (a child)
採用 cǎiyòng
  1. to adopt
  2. to employ
  3. to use
採用他的理念。

Adopt his concepts.

Source: Tatoeba

採行 cǎixíng to adopt (a system, policy, strategy etc)
過繼 guòjì
  1. to adopt
  2. to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)
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