种菜 (chóng) — to plant vegetables, to grow vegetables
Definition
种菜 (zhòng cài) is the everyday verb meaning to plant/grow vegetables — a set phrase combining 种 ('to plant, to grow') with 菜 ('vegetables'). Here 种 is read zhòng (not zhǒng, 'kind/type'), as in 种植.
verb
to plant vegetablesto grow vegetables
Examples
- 种菜。Tā zài hòu yuàn chóng.He plants vegetables in the backyard.
- ，。Tā zhǒng le sān nián de cài, shōu huò hěn duō.He planted vegetables for three years and harvested a lot.
- 种菜，。Wǒ men chūn tiān chóng, qiū tiān chī.We plant vegetables in spring and eat them in autumn.
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