HSK 6 · Nature

播种 bōzhǒng “to sow seeds” in Chinese

Traditional 播種

What 播种 means

  1. to sow seeds

How to say 播种

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale播bō1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale种zhǒng3rd tone, dipping

播种 in a sentence

  1. 农民在春天播种。

    Nóngmín zài chūntiān bōzhǒng.

    Farmers sow seeds in the spring.

    Sentence #375323 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 春天播种秋天收获。

    Chūntiān bōzhǒng qiūtiān shōuhuò.

    Sow in spring, reap in autumn.

    Sentence #765590 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 播种 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 播 (bō) with each of its parts in a different colour
播bōto sow; to spread; to broadcast
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 番to take turns · fān
The character 种 (zhǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
种zhǒngseed
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 中central · zhōngSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 中 (zhōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhǒng.

How to write 播种

播 15 strokes · 种 9 strokes

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播种 (bōzhǒng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 播种 (bōzhǒng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 播种

Words with 播

广播guǎngbō · broadcast传播chuánbō · to disseminate播放bōfàng · to broadcast直播zhíbō · live broadcast

Words with 种

种zhǒng · kind种类zhǒnglèi · kind种族zhǒngzú · race品种pǐnzhǒng · variety种植zhòngzhí · to plant种子zhǒngzi · seed

More words: Nature & Environment

贝壳bèiké · shell冰雹bīngbáo · hail波浪bōlàng · wave波涛bōtāo · great waves巢穴cháoxué · nest炊烟chuīyān · smoke from cooking fires雌雄cíxióng · male and female丛cóng · clump

FAQs

播种 (bōzhǒng) means “to sow seeds”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bōzhǒng: bō with a 1st tone, then zhǒng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 播种 is written 播種. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bozhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 播种 from the suggestions. Typing bozhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
播种 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.