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播種

简播种 · 繁播種

Mandarin · pinyin bō zhǒng#

to sow seeds

Mandarin · pinyin bō zhòng#

to grow (maize etc) from seed
to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed

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播: bō · sow, spread; broadcast; cast away, reject
種: zhǒng · seed; race; offspring; to plant
种: zhǒng · seed; race, breed; to plant

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1–3 · bo1 zhong3

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bo3 zung2

Cantonese word readings for 播種. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb · Etymology 1

(intransitive) to sow seeds

verb · Etymology 2

(transitive) to grow by sowing seeds

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