Meaning
agriculture
Chinese: 农业、农民。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “nong” becomes a different word in each tone. 农 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 农民nóng mínpeasant; farmer
- 农业nóng yèagriculture; farming
- 农村nóng cūnrural area; village
- 农产品nóng chǎn pǐnagricultural produce
- 农历nóng lìthe traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar
Example Sentence
农民在田里辛勤地工作。Nóng mín zài tián lǐ xīn qín de gōng zuò.The farmers work hard in the fields.
农民Nóng mínpeasant在zàiat田tiánfield里lǐinside辛勤xīn qínhardworking地de(adverb marker)工作gōng zuòto work。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Simplified from 農. It means ‘agriculture, farming; a farmer, peasant; relating to farming’ (农业, 农民, 农村).
A way to remember it
‘Farming / a farmer’: 农业 (agriculture), 农民 (farmer).