突变株 突變株 tū biàn zhū mutant / mutant strain (of virus) 转基因作物 轉基因作物 genetically engineered crop / GE crop / genetically modified crop / GM crop 商品作物 shāng pǐn zuò wù cash crop / commercial crop / market crop 变种 變種 biàn zhǒng (biology) a mutation / a variety / a variant / a variety 矮杆品种 矮桿品種 ǎi gǎn pǐn zhǒng short-stalked variety / short straw variety 农作物品种 農作物品種 nóng zuò wù pǐn zhǒng (farm) crop variety (or breed) 忍者神龟 忍者神龜 rěn zhě shén guī Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc 忍者龟 忍者龜 rěn zhě guī Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Tw) / see 忍者神龜|忍者神龟[Ren3 zhe3 Shen2 gui1] 突变种质 突變種質 mutant germplasm 青黄不接 青黃不接 qīng huáng bù jiē lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet syn 油料作物 yóu liào zuò wù oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop 喷 噴 pèn (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests) syn 茬 chá stubble (crop residue) / stubble (hair growth) / classifier for a batch of sth produced during a particular cycle: a crop / sth just said or mentioned syn 节目 節目 jié mù (TV or radio) program / show / item / act / segment / number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3],項|项[xiang4],臺|台[tai2],套[tao4],檔|档[dang4] syn 品种 品種 pǐn zhǒng breed / variety / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 种类 種類 zhǒng lèi kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class syn 综艺 綜藝 zōng yì variety (entertainment format) 七彩 qī cǎi seven colors / a variety of colors / multicolored / rainbow-colored 花色 huā sè variety / design and color / suit (cards) syn 俱全 jù quán every kind / every variety under the sun / a complete gamut syn 千姿百态 千姿百態 qiān zī bǎi tài (idiom) to come in many different shapes / to display a great variety of forms syn 各种颜色 各種顏色 gè zhǒng yán sè multicolored / a variety of colors 引种 引種 yǐn zhòng (agriculture) to plant an introduced variety 引种 引種 yǐn zhǒng (agriculture, animal husbandry) to introduce a new variety of plant or animal 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè bright and multicolored / of rich variety / (fig.) dazzling / glitzy syn 异种 異種 yì zhǒng hetero- / variety 哈密瓜 hā mì guā Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) / honeydew melon / cantaloupe syn 闽南话 閩南話 mǐn nán huà Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min 品 pǐn (bound form) article / commodity / product / goods / (bound form) grade / rank / kind / type / variety / character / disposition / nature / temperament / to taste sth / to sample / to criticize / to comment / to judge / to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute) syn 哈蜜瓜 hā mì guā Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) / honeydew melon / cantaloupe / also written 哈密瓜 syn 黑茶 hēi chá dark tea, a variety of fermented tea (e.g. Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2]) 抓周 zhuā zhōu custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.) 彩 cǎi (bright) color / variety / applause / applaud / lottery prize syn 俳 pái not serious / variety show syn 蔯 chén a variety of artemisia 螗 táng variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books) syn 鲼 鱝 fèn any ray (fish) variety of Myliobatiformes order 蓔 yǎo a variety of grass 代数簇 代數簇 dài shù cù algebraic variety (math.) 樲 èr acid variety of jujube plum 高维代数簇 高維代數簇 gāo wéi dài shù cù (math.) higher dimensional algebraic variety 闽南语 閩南語 mǐn nán yǔ Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, the most widely spoken variety of Southern Min 铁观音 鐵觀音 tiě guān yīn Tieguanyin tea (a variety of oolong tea) 獞 tóng name of a variety of dog / wild tribes in South China 一品锅 一品鍋 yī pǐn guō dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot / chafing dish syn 品色 pǐn sè variety / kind 综艺节目 綜藝節目 zōng yì jié mù variety show 杂店 雜店 zá diàn convenience store / variety store 椪柑 pèng gān ponkan, a variety of tangerine 耐旱品种 drought-resistant variety 改良品种 改良品種 improved variety 高产品种 higher productivity variety 欧盟植物品种处 Community Plant Variety Office 保护植物品种 保護植物品種 plant-variety protection 植物品种 植物品種 plant variety 植物品种权 植物品種權 plant variety right 新植物品种 新植物品種 new plant variety 油鸡 油雞 yóu jī a variety of chicken 娃娃菜 wá wa cài baby Chinese cabbage (mini-sized variety) 广柑 廣柑 guǎng gān a variety of orange grown in Guangdong, Sichuan, Taiwan etc syn 意面 意麵 yì miàn pasta (abbr. for 意大利麵|意大利面[yi4da4li4mian4]) / (Tw) yi mein, a variety of Cantonese egg noodle 打瓜 dǎ guā a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds 柴鸡 柴雞 chái jī a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs 櫠 fèi a variety of pomelo (old) 芗剧 薌劇 xiāng jù variety of opera popular in southern Fujian and Taiwan 藒车 藒車 qiè chē a variety of aromatic herb used as a fragrance or bug repeller (old) 越光米 yuè guāng mǐ Koshihikari rice (variety of rice popular in Japan) 伊面 伊麵 yī miàn yi mein (or yee mee or yee-fu noodles etc), a variety of Cantonese egg noodle 网综 網綜 wǎng zōng online variety show (abbr. for 網絡綜藝節目|网络综艺节目[wang3 luo4 zong1 yi4 jie2 mu4]) 五光十色 wǔ guāng - shí sè (idiom) bright and multicolored / of rich variety / dazzling / glitzy syn 奶白菜 nǎi bái cài milk cabbage (aka "white bok choy" and various other names), a variety of bok choy 小松菜 xiǎo sōng cài komatsuna, aka Japanese mustard spinach, a variety of Brassica rapa 高接梨 gāo jiē lí (Tw) high-grafted pear (a variety of Asian pear grown in Taiwan, produced by grafting scions from high-altitude or high-latitude regions onto local rootstocks, adapting them to Taiwan's subtropical climate) 面线 麵線 miàn xiàn misua / wheat vermicelli (very thin variety of wheat noodles used esp. in Fujian) 保种 保種 bǎo zhǒng (agriculture) to preserve a plant variety or animal breed / (conservation) to conserve a wild species or population 收获 收穫 shōu huò to harvest / to reap / to gain / crop / harvest / profit / gain / bonus / reward syn 种植 種植 zhòng zhí to plant / to grow (a crop) / to cultivate syn 作物 zuò wù crop syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 庄稼 莊稼 zhuāng jia farm crop syn 稻米 dào mǐ rice (crop) syn 上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn 丰产 豐產 fēng chǎn high yield / bumper crop syn 饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty syn 经济作物 經濟作物 jīng jì zuò wù cash crop (economics) syn 尖子 jiān zi best of its kind / cream of the crop syn 霜冻 霜凍 shuāng dòng frost / frost damage (to crop) 试种 試種 shì zhòng test planting / crop grown on a trial basis 稻子 dào zi rice (crop) / unhulled rice syn 百里挑一 百裡挑一 bǎi lǐ tiāo yī one in a hundred / cream of the crop syn 墒情 shāng qíng the state of moisture in the soil (and whether it can support a crop) 庄稼地 莊稼地 zhuāng jia dì crop land / arable land syn 秋播 qiū bō sowing in autumn (for a crop in spring) 造 zào to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops syn 蟊贼 蟊賊 máo zéi insect that damages cereal crop seedlings / (lit. and fig.) vermin / a person harmful to the country and the people syn 冒头 冒頭 mào tóu to emerge / to crop up / a little more than syn 旱涝保收 旱澇保收 hàn lào bǎo shōu to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood / to bring a stable income 保苗 bǎo miáo to protect young plants, ensuring that enough survive to produce a good crop 歉收 qiàn shōu crop failure / poor harvest syn 