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


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