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耕 gēng

to plow, to cultivate

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 6
Radical
耒
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 耒井 ⿰耒井

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  1. 农民正在用机器耕地。
    Nóngmín zhèngzài yòng jīqì gēngdì.
    Farmers are plowing the land with machines.
    farmer currently use machine plow-land
  2. 这块地一年能耕种几次？
    Zhè kuài dì yì nián néng gēngzhòng jǐ cì?
    How many times a year can this piece of land be cultivated?
    this(measure) land one year can cultivate how-many times
  3. 春天来了，我们该去耕地了。
    Chūntiān lái le, wǒmen gāi qù gēngdì le.
    Spring has come, we should go plow the fields.
    spring come (particle), we should go plow-land (particle)
  4. 这片山地太陡了，没办法耕种。
    Zhè piàn shāndì tài dǒu le, méi bànfǎ gēngzhòng.
    This hillside is too steep, there's no way to cultivate it.
    this(measure) hillside too steep (particle), no way cultivate
  5. 每年春天，农民都会在这片田里耕地播种。
    Měinián chūntiān, nóngmín dōu huì zài zhè piàn tián lǐ gēngdì bōzhòng.
    Every spring, farmers plow and sow seeds in this field.
    every-year spring, farmer all will at this(measure) field inside plow-land sow-seeds

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