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播种

bō zhòng

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 播種

What 播种 means

1. to grow (maize etc) from seed
2. to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed

Other readings

播种 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bō zhǒngto sow seeds

The characters in 播种

• 播bō(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc)…
• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind

Example sentences

• 农民在春天播种。
  Nóngmín zài chūntiān bōzhǒng.
  Farmers sow seeds in the spring.
• 春天播种秋天收获。
  Chūntiān bōzhǒng qiūtiān shōuhuò.
  Spring sows, autumn reaps.
• 播种风，收成暴风。
  Bōzhǒng fēng, shōuchéng bàofēng.
  Who seeds wind, shall harvest storm.
• 农民们如常在忙着播种。
  Nóngmín men rú cháng zài mángzhe bōzhǒng.
  As usual the peasants are busy scattering grain seeds.
• 播种风, 就收获暴风。
  Who seeds wind, shall harvest storm.