播種

See also: 播种

Chinese

		sow; scatter; spread sow; scatter; spread; broadcast	to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)
trad. (播種)		播	種
simp. (播种)		播	种

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōzhòng, bòzhǒng, bōzhǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄓㄨㄥˋ, ㄅㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ, ㄅㄛ ㄓㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo³ zung²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pô-chung
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò͘-chèng / pò͘-chéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Standard)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bojhòng
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-chung⁴
    • Yale: bwō-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bojonq
    • Palladius: бочжун (bočžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bòzhǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bòjhǒng
    • Wade–Giles: po⁴-chung³
    • Yale: bwò-jǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bohjoong
    • Palladius: бочжун (bočžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōzhǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bojhǒng
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-chung³
    • Yale: bwō-jǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bojoong
    • Palladius: бочжун (bočžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo³ zung²
    • Yale: bo júng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo³ dzung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo³ zung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː³³ t͡sʊŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pô-chung
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo´ zung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo¹ zung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /po²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò͘-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: pòo-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: porzexng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò͘-chéng
    • Tâi-lô: pòo-tsíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: porzeang
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/

Verb

播種

1. to sow (seeds)

Synonyms

• 撒種／撒种 (sǎzhǒng)
• (Min Nan) 掖種／掖种, 掖子

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
播	種
は Jinmeiyō	しゅ Grade: 4
on’yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 播種／播种 (pa^H tsyowng^X, literally “to sow + seed”) or 播種／播种 (pa^H tsyowng^H, literally “to sow + to sow”).

Noun

播(は)種(しゅ) • (hashu) 

1. sowing, the spreading of seed on the ground for growing a crop
2. (medicine) dissemination (the spreading out of cells within the body, particularly cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)

Synonyms

• (sowing): 種蒔(たねま)き (tanemaki)
• (dissemination): 散在(さんざい) (sanzai), 汎発(はんぱつ) (hanpatsu)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 播種機(はしゅき) (hashuki) a sower, a device or machine for sowing seeds
• 播種性(はしゅせい) (hashusei) disseminated (said of a disease)

Verb

播(は)種(しゅ)する • (hashu suru) suru (stem 播(は)種(しゅ)し (hashu shi), past 播(は)種(しゅ)した (hashu shita))

1. to sow, to spread seed on the ground for growing a crop
2. (medicine) to disseminate (to spread out within the body, particularly for cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "播種する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	播種し	はしゅし	hashu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	播種し	はしゅし	hashu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	播種する	はしゅする	hashu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	播種する	はしゅする	hashu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	播種すれ	はしゅすれ	hashu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	播種せよ¹ 播種しろ²	はしゅせよ¹ はしゅしろ²	hashu seyo¹ hashu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	播種される	はしゅされる	hashu sareru
Causative	播種させる 播種さす	はしゅさせる はしゅさす	hashu saseru hashu sasu
Potential	播種できる	はしゅできる	hashu dekiru
Volitional	播種しよう	はしゅしよう	hashu shiyō
Negative	播種しない	はしゅしない	hashu shinai
Negative continuative	播種せず	はしゅせず	hashu sezu
Formal	播種します	はしゅします	hashu shimasu
Perfective	播種した	はしゅした	hashu shita
Conjunctive	播種して	はしゅして	hashu shite
Hypothetical conditional	播種すれば	はしゅすれば	hashu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
播	種
はん Jinmeiyō	しゅ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Variation of hashu above, using the kan'yōon of han for the first character.

Noun

播(はん)種(しゅ) • (hanshu) 

1. (medicine) dissemination (the spreading out of cells within the body, particularly cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)

Usage notes

Although some dictionaries list this separate reading with a distinct sense, other dictionaries do not list any hanshu reading, and include the dissemination sense under the hashu reading.