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播种

bōzhǒng

to sow seeds

A person drops seeds into a furrow
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Characters in this word

播 bō

Strokes
15
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 番 to take turns, to repeat
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 播

种 zhǒng

Strokes
9
Radical
禾 — cereal, grain, rice
Made of
禾 cereal, grain, rice 中 central
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 农民通常会根据土壤湿度和气温来决定何时播种。 Nóngmín tōngcháng huì gēnjù tǔrǎng shīdù hé qìwēn lái juédìng héshí bōzhǒng. Farmers usually decide when to sow seeds according to soil moisture and temperature.
  • 春天到了,农民们忙着在田里播种。 Chūntiān dào le, nóngmínmen mángzhe zài tián lǐ bōzhǒng. Spring has come, and the farmers are busy sowing seeds in the fields.
  • 我们周末在院子里播种了一些青菜。 Wǒmen zhōumò zài yuànzi lǐ bōzhǒng le yìxiē qīngcài. At the weekend we sowed some leafy greens in the yard.

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