Definition
种菜 (zhòng cài) means 'to plant vegetables' or 'to grow vegetables'. It is a separable verb (离合词): the verb 种 (zhòng, fourth tone) and the object 菜 can be separated by a measure word or time expression, e.g. 种了三年的菜 ('planted vegetables for three years'). Note: the character 种 here is read as zhòng, not chóng (which is a surname reading).
v.o.
to plant vegetablesto grow vegetables
Examples
- 种菜。Tā zài hòuyuàn zhòng cài.He plants vegetables in the backyard.
- ，。Tā zhòng le sān nián de cài, shōuhuò hěn duō.He planted vegetables for three years and harvested a lot.
- 种菜，。Wǒmen chūntiān zhòng cài, qiūtiān chī.We plant vegetables in spring and eat them in autumn.
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