栽培
zāipéi
to cultivate; to grow
Characters in this word
培 péi
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 土 soil, earth 咅 to spit out
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这位植物学家长期栽培耐盐作物，希望为沿海贫瘠土地找到新的利用方式。 Zhè wèi zhíwùxuéjiā chángqī zāipéi nàiyán zuòwù, xīwàng wèi yánhǎi pínjí tǔdì zhǎodào xīn de lìyòng fāngshì. This botanist has long cultivated salt-tolerant crops, hoping to find new uses for poor coastal land.
- 这些年他在温室里栽培了许多名贵的兰花。 Zhèxiē nián tā zài wēnshì lǐ zāipéile xǔduō míngguì de lánhuā. Over these years he has grown many precious orchids in the greenhouse.
- 公司愿意栽培有潜力的年轻人，给他们锻炼的机会。 Gōngsī yuànyì zāipéi yǒu qiánlì de niánqīngrén, gěi tāmen duànliàn de jīhuì. The company is willing to nurture promising young people and give them chances to train.
Related words
- 栽 zāi to plant; to fall down
- 栽赃 zāizāng to frame someone; to plant false evidence
- 培训 péixùn training
- 培训班 péixùnbān training course
- 培养 péiyǎng to develop; to train
- 培育 péiyù to cultivate; to grow
- 扎根 zhāgēn to take root
- 绽放 zhànfàng to bloom; to blossom; to burst forth
- 籽 zǐ seed
- 茁壮 zhuózhuàng healthy and strong; vigorous
- 芽 yá bud; sprout
- 喂养 wèiyǎng to feed; to raise by feeding