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  *种* | 种* | *种
seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts
HSK 3
(TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding
HSK 3
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  *子* | 子* | *子
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 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
seed / CL: 顆|颗,
HSK 3
(of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout; to bud / sprout; bud / (also used figuratively)
HSK 7-9
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  *播* | 播* | *播
(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc) / Taiwan pr. [bo4]
HSK 6
grass seed
melon seed / seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack
HSK 7-9
lotus seed
HSK 7-9
(of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout; to bud / (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop
to sow (seeds by scattering) / scatter sowing
radish seed (used in TCM to treat indigestion)
jelly snack made by kneading jelly fig seeds 愛玉子|爱玉子 in water and combining with flavorings (popular in Taiwan and Singapore)
sesame (seed)
HSK 7-9
rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year
(botany) cassia seed
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  *结* | 结* | *结
(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds) / Taiwan pr. [jie2]
HSK 7-9
webcast / to request item for broadcast on radio program / dibble seeding / spot seeding
fennel / fennel seed
angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
vegetable seeds / rapeseed
baked sesame seed-coated cake
a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds
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  *嗑* | 嗑* | *嗑
to crack (seeds) between one's teeth
to soak seeds (in water to hasten germination, or in a chemical solution to prevent damage from insects etc)
croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科 / croton seed, a strong purgative
peppercorn / seeds of pepper
lotus seed paste
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  *实* | 实* | *实
real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely
to sow (seeds) / to scatter
gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
to induce germination of seeds (e.g. by soaking in water); to encourage sprouting of tubers or cuttings (e.g. by applying warmth or chemicals)
seed enclosed in artificial capsule
(loanword) chia seed
beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM
seed collecting
ball of fluff (containing seeds), e.g. a dandelion clock
lotus seed head
to plant early; to sow seeds in early spring
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  *埯* | 埯* | *埯
hole in the ground to plant seeds in / to make a hole for seeds / to dibble
dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)
water caltrop (Trapa species), aquatic plant with edible seeds
jelly fig seed (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang)
seed plant
gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
peppercorn / seeds of pepper
sunflower seeds
seed selection / breeding
to keep a seed stock / seed held back for planting
seed tuber
cumin / fennel seed
to sow seeds
to sow seeds
to grow (maize etc) from seed / to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed
dissemination as fruit (evolutionary strategy for seed dispersal)
to bear seeds (of plant)
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  *蓉* | 蓉* | *蓉
paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc / used in 芙蓉, lotus
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  *蕡* | 蕡* | *蕡
hemp seeds / luxurious / abundant
seed dressing
pomegranate seeds / pomegranate arils
to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis) / cowherb seeds (used in TCM)
seed kernel
stone roller used to compact loose soil after sowing seeds
croton bush (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科, with seed having strong purgative properties
to drill (i.e. plant seeds in spaced rows)
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  *籽* | 籽* | *籽
seed (of a plant)
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  *粩* | 粩* | *粩
a traditional pastry of Taiwan and Fujian which is fried, then coated with maltose and rolled in sesame seeds or chopped peanuts etc / Taiwan pr. [lao3]
seeded player
dill seed
(botany) cotyledon; seed leaf
malva nut / seed of Sterculia lychnophora
seed pod / legume
dill seed
seed of ajwain / Semen Trachyspermi coptici
seed
seed tuber
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  *菟* | 菟* | *菟
dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses) / also called 菟絲子|菟丝子
(of seeds etc) to fall to the ground / (of the sun or moon) to set
to gin cotton (separate seeds from fiber)
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  *砘* | 砘* | *砘
(agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds / stone roller used for this purpose
rapeseed; seed of the rape plant
lotus seed bun
sesame seed
seeds of litchi or lychee (in TCM)
mustard seed
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  *菂* | 菂* | *菂
(literary) lotus seed / Taiwan pr. [di1]
seed / grain / kernel / bean
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  *萆* | 萆* | *萆
castor seed
dill seed
angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)


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