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
耕地
gēngdì
arable land; to cultivate land
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 城市扩张不断挤占耕地，粮食安全因此受到长期压力。 Chéngshì kuòzhāng búduàn jǐzhàn gēngdì, liángshí ānquán yīncǐ shòudào chángqī yālì. Urban expansion keeps encroaching on arable land, placing long-term pressure on food security.
- 这个县的耕地大多种水稻。 Zhège xiàn de gēngdì dàduō zhòng shuǐdào. Most of the farmland in this county is planted with rice.
- 爷爷每年春天都要亲自耕地播种。 Yéye měi nián chūntiān dōu yào qīnzì gēngdì bōzhǒng. Every spring Grandpa ploughs the land and sows the seed himself.
Related words
- 耕 gēng to plough; to cultivate
- 耕耘 gēngyún to cultivate; to work diligently
- 地 de particle linking an adverbial to a verb (-ly)
- 地 dì ground, earth; place
- 地点 dìdiǎn place, location
- 地方 dìfang place
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 地图 dìtú map
- 草地 cǎodì grassland; lawn
- 地球 dìqiú Earth
- 地铁 dìtiě subway
- 地铁站 dìtiězhàn subway station