种地 (zhòng dì) — to farm, to work the land

Definition

种地 (zhòng dì) means 'to farm / work the land' as a daily activity. It pairs naturally with 田 ('field, farmland') — 种地 is the act of working a 田, while 耕地 is a more formal synonym for tilling arable land.

verb
to farmto work the land

Examples

  • 种地
    Tā cóng xiǎo jiù huì zhòng dì.
    He has known how to farm since childhood.
  • Wǒ bà zhǒng le sān shí nián de dì.
    My dad has farmed for thirty years.
  • Jīn nián wǒ men dǎ suàn zhǒng liǎng mǔ dì de xiǎo mài.
    This year we plan to farm two mu of wheat.

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