授粉 (shòu fěn) — to pollinate (in agriculture/botany) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A technical agriculture/botany verb meaning to pollinate — transferring pollen to a plant's flower, done naturally by insects/wind or artificially by hand.

verb

to pollinate (in agriculture/botany)

Examples

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Nóng mín gěi guǒ shù shòu le yí cì fěn.
The farmer pollinated the fruit trees once.
授粉。
Mì fēng kě yǐ bāng zhù huā duǒ shòu fěn.
Bees can help pollinate flowers.
授粉。
Rén gōng shòu fěn kě yǐ tí gāo nóng zuò wù de chǎn liàng.
Artificial pollination can increase crop yields.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

授shòutransfer

授 means to give or transfer and 粉 here means pollen, so the sense is passing pollen to plants.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

受

受shòu授shòu

Same sound today

授 is built from 手 and 受. 受 gives the sound, and 手 is a hand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

米分粉

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

分

分fēn粉fěn

Same sound today

粉 pairs 米 (rice) with 分 for its sound. The rice part points to face powder made from rice.

Appears in

Agriculture & Farming Biology

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