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耕

gēng

HSK 6 Character

What 耕 means

1. to plow
2. to till

Other readings

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

• gēngvariant of {耕|gēng}

Example sentences

• 我耕田。
  Wǒ gēngtián.
  I till the earth.
• 我在耕地。
  Wǒ zài gēngdì.
  I am plowing my land.
• 一分耕耘，一分收获。
  Yīfēngēngyún, yīfēnshōuhuò.
  No pain, no gain.
• 农夫们在田地里忙碌地耕种。
  Nóngfū men zài tiándì lǐ mánglù de gēngzhòng.
  Farmers are busy working in the field.
• 俗话说：一分耕耘、一分收获；可俗话又说：人无横财不富、马无夜草不肥！
  Súhuàshuō: yī fēn gēngyún, yī fēn shōuhuò; kě súhuà yòu shuō: rén wú hèngcái bù fù, mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi!
  As the saying goes, "You reap what you sow", and yet another says that luck plays an important role in success too!
• 武士团伙来来往往，忙于家族世仇；但绝大多数人继续耕作土地，只要他们不干涉自己村庄社区的独立，人们就对那些妄图统治他们的人漠不关心。
  The warrior bands came and went, prosecuting their family feuds; but the great mass continued to till the soil, taking but little notice of their would-be rulers, so long as they did not interfere with the independence of their village communities.

Words starting with 耕

• 耕地gēng dìarable land; to plow land
• 耕耘gēng yúnplowing and weeding; farm work; fig. to work or study diligently
• 耕作gēng zuòto farm; to cultivate the land; to work in the fields
• 耕种gēng zhòngto till; to cultivate
• 耕田gēng tiánto cultivate soil; to till fields
• 耕奴gēng núagricultural slave; serf
• 耕畜gēng chùdraft animal
• 耕读gēng dúto be both a farmer and a scholar; to work the land and also undertake academic studies
• 耕当问奴gēng dāng wèn núif it's plowing, ask the laborer (idiom); when managing a matter, consult the appropriate…
• 耕者有其田gèng zhě yǒu qí tián"land to the tiller", post-Liberation land reform movement instigated by the CCP
• 耕犁gēng líplow
• 耕当问奴，织当访婢gēng dāng wèn nú , zhī dāng fǎng bìif it's plowing ask the laborer, if it's weaving ask the maid (idiom)…

Words containing 耕

• 农耕nóng gēngfarming; agriculture
• 春耕chūn gēngto plow a field in the spring
• 休耕xiū gēngto leave farmland to lie fallow
• 备耕bèi gēngto make preparations for plowing and sowing
• 冬耕dōng gēngwinter plowing
• 深耕shēn gēngdeep plowing; thorough penetration; thorough development (of a market segment etc)
• 浅耕qiǎn gēngto scratch; shallow plowing
• 秋耕qiū gēngautumn plowing
• 笔耕bǐ gēngto make a living by writing; to write (as an author)
• 翻耕fān gēngto plow; to turn the soil
• 可耕地kě gēng dìarable land
• 水耕法shuǐ gēng fǎhydroponics
• 自耕农zì gēng nóngowner peasant; land-holding peasant
• 刀耕火种dāo gēng huǒ zhòngslash and burn (agriculture)
• 半自耕农bàn zì gēng nóngsemi-tenant peasant; semi-owner peasant
• 深耕细作shēn gēng xì zuòdeep plowing and careful cultivation
• 精耕细作jīng gēng xì zuòintensive farming
• 退耕还林tuì gēng huán línrestoring agricultural land to forest
• 辍耕chuò gēngto stop plowing; to give up a life in the fields
• 垦耕kěn gēngto bring under cultivation (scrubland, marshland etc)
• 辛勤耕耘xīn qín gēng yúnto devote oneself tirelessly to one's work; to labor diligently over many years
• 砚耕yàn gēngto live by writing
• 一分耕耘，一分收获yī fēn gēng yún , yī fēn shōu huò(saying) you reap what you sow

Characters that look like 耕

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 料liàomaterial; stuff; grain
• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…
• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 骄jiāoproud; arrogant
• 轿jiàosedan chair; palanquin; litter
• 梆bāngwatchman's rattle

Sounds the same

Read gēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 赓(literary) to continue; to carry on
• 㹴terrier; also pr. gěng
• 浭name of a river in Hebei
• 緪a rope
• 鹒used in 鸧鹒
• 羮variant of 羹
• 焿variant of 羹
• 絚old variant of 緪