下種

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)
trad. (下種)		下	種
simp. (下种)		下	种

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàzhǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ zung²
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xia⁵ zhong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàzhǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàjhǒng
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-chung³
    • Yale: syà-jǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahjoong
    • Palladius: сячжун (sjačžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ zung²
    • Yale: hah júng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ dzung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ zung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² t͡sʊŋ³⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: xia⁵ zhong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sən⁴¹/

Verb

下⫽種 (verb-object)

1. to sow seeds

Synonyms

• 下子 (xiàzǐ)
• 播
• 撒種／撒种 (sǎzhǒng)
• 播種／播种

 

Dialectal synonyms of 播種 (“to sow seeds”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		下種
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		播種, 撒種, 下種, 下子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	播種, 撒種
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	下種, 播種
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	下種
	Xuzhou	下種
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	撒種
	Lanzhou	下子, 下種
	Ürümqi	下種
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	播種, 撒種
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	播種, 撒種
	Yangzhou	下種, 播種
Cantonese	Guangzhou	落種
	Hong Kong	播種
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	下種, 落種
	Macau	落種
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	落種
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	撒秧
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	撒秧
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	落種
	Foshan	播種
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	落種
	Foshan (Shunde)	落種
	Foshan (Sanshui)	下種
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	下秧
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	下種
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	下種
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	落種
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	下種
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	下秧
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	下秧
	Taishan	下秧
	Kaiping (Chikan)	下秧
	Enping (Niujiang)	下秧
	Heshan (Yayao)	下秧
	Dongguan	落種
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	下秧
Gan	Lichuan	下種
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	下秧, 下種
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	下種
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	下種, 下穀種
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	落穀
Jin	Taiyuan	種子子
	Xinzhou	滴子兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	下種, 撒種
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	䆊種
Southern Min	Xiamen	掖種, 放種, 落種, 落塗
	Quanzhou	掖種, 掖子, 落種, 落塗
	Zhangzhou	掖種, 掖子, 放子, 落種, 落塗
	Tainan	掖種
	Jieyang	掖種, 落塗
	Haikou	掖種
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	下秧
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	撒種
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	下種子
	Hangzhou	下種
	Wenzhou	間種
Xiang	Changsha	下種

Hypernyms

• 農活／农活 (nónghuó)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ zung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-chung⁴
    • Yale: syà-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahjonq
    • Palladius: сячжун (sjačžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ zung³
    • Yale: hah jung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ dzung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ zung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² t͡sʊŋ³³/

Verb

下種

1. to plant