种子
zhǒng ziㄓㄨㄥˇ ㄗ˙
Sino-Vietnamese: CHỦNG TỬ
Traditional: 種子
HSK 6HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4
Meaning(noun)
seed
种 is zhǒng in 种子 but zhòng as the verb “to plant”.
Measure words: 颗、粒
Examples
春天农民开始种种子。
chūn tiān nóng mín kāi shǐ zhǒng zhǒng zi.
In spring, farmers begin sowing seeds.
这些种子是从中国带来的。
zhè xiē zhǒng zi shì cóng zhōng guó dài lái de.
These seeds were brought from China.
老师在我心里种下了梦想的种子。
lǎo shī zài wǒ xīn lǐ zhǒng xià le mèng xiǎng de zhǒng zi.
My teacher planted the seed of a dream in my heart.
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Stroke order
CHỦNG · 9 strokes
seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
TỬ · 3 strokes
son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility