耕 gēng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 耒 — plow
- Made of
- 耒 plow 井 well, mine shaft, pit
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
耕
gēng
to plough; to cultivate
Character
Example phrases
- 老人一辈子耕田种地，对土壤和节气的变化极为敏感。 Lǎorén yí bèizi gēng tián zhòng dì, duì tǔrǎng hé jiéqì de biànhuà jíwéi mǐngǎn. Having cultivated fields all his life, the old man was extremely sensitive to changes in soil and seasonal rhythms.
- 春天一到，农民就赶着牛下地耕田。 Chūntiān yí dào, nóngmín jiù gǎn zhe niú xià dì gēng tián. As soon as spring comes, the farmers drive their oxen into the fields to plough.
- 他们用新机器耕了一整天，才耕完这块地。 Tāmen yòng xīn jīqì gēng le yì zhěng tiān, cái gēng wán zhè kuài dì. Even with the new machine, it took them a whole day of ploughing to finish this plot.
Related words
- 耕地 gēngdì arable land; to cultivate land
- 耕耘 gēngyún to cultivate; to work diligently
- 灌溉 guàngài to irrigate
- 化肥 huàféi chemical fertiliser
- 腐烂 fǔlàn to rot; rotten; decayed
- 肥料 féiliào fertiliser; manure
- 腐朽 fǔxiǔ rotten; decayed; decadent
- 采摘 cǎizhāi to pick; to harvest by hand
- 采 cǎi to pick; to gather; to collect
- 稻草 dàocǎo rice straw; straw
- 谷物 gǔwù grain; cereal crop
- 禾苗 hémiáo grain seedlings; young cereal plants