种 種 zhǒng seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts syn 子 zǐ 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[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn 实 實 shí real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely syn 种子 種子 zhǒng zi seed / CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4] syn 芝麻 zhī ma sesame (seed) syn 播音员 播音員 bō yīn yuán announcer / broadcaster syn 发芽 發芽 fā yá (of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout / to bud / (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop syn 萌芽 méng yá (of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout / to bud / sprout / bud / (also used figuratively) syn 瓜子 guā zǐ melon seed / seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack 烧饼 燒餅 shāo bing baked sesame seed-coated cake syn 巴豆 bā dòu croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1] / croton seed, a strong purgative 选种 seed selection 播种机 seed drill (UK) / grain drill (US) 小茴香 xiǎo huí xiāng fennel / fennel seed 莲子 蓮子 lián zǐ lotus seed syn 选育 選育 xuǎn yù seed selection / breeding 莲蓬 蓮蓬 lián péng lotus seed head syn 黑芝麻 hēi zhī ma sesame (seed) 香港电台 香港電台 xiāng gǎng diàn tái Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), public broadcaster 决明子 決明子 jué míng zǐ (botany) cassia seed 胖大海 pàng dà hǎi malva nut / seed of Sterculia lychnophora 莲蓉 蓮蓉 lián róng lotus seed paste 白芝麻 bái zhī ma sesame seed 子粒 zǐ lì seed syn 广播员 廣播員 guǎng bō yuán (radio) broadcaster syn 荚果 莢果 jiá guǒ seed pod / legume 被子植物 bèi zǐ zhí wù angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) 采种 採種 cǎi zhǒng seed collecting 裸子植物 luǒ zǐ zhí wù gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone) 萆 bì castor seed 种仁 種仁 zhǒng rén seed kernel syn 留种 留種 liú zhǒng to keep a seed stock / seed held back for planting 原始资本 原始資本 yuán shǐ zī běn seed capital / seed money 种子包衣 種子包衣 seed coating / seed protectant 留母树作业法 留母樹作業法 seed tree cutting / seed tree method 播种 播種 bō zhòng to grow (maize etc) from seed / to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed syn 德国之声 德國之聲 dé guó zhī shēng Deutsche Welle, German publicly-operated international broadcaster 大卫·艾登堡 大衛·艾登堡 DaweiAidengbao David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster, author of Life on Earth 地球上的生物[di4 qiu2 shang4 de5 sheng1 wu4] 澳洲广播电台 澳洲廣播電臺 ào zhōu guǎng bō diàn tái Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Australian state-run broadcaster 无线电收发机 無線電收發機 wú xiàn diàn shōu fā jī transceiver / radio frequency receiver, broadcaster or relay 艾登堡 ài dēng bǎo Attenborough (name) / David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster 大卫·艾登堡 大衛·艾登堡 dà wèi · ài dēng bǎo David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster 拌种 拌種 bàn zhǒng seed dressing 包衣种子 包衣種子 bāo yī zhǒng zi seed enclosed in artificial capsule 土茴香 tǔ huí xiāng dill seed 巴豆树 巴豆樹 bā dòu shù croton bush (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1], with seed having strong purgative properties 果播 guǒ bō dissemination as fruit (evolutionary strategy for seed dispersal) 白麻子 bái má zǐ cannabis seed 种块 種塊 zhǒng kuài seed tuber 种子植物 種子植物 zhǒng zi zhí wù seed plant 种薯 種薯 zhǒng shǔ seed tuber 罂粟种子 罌粟種子 yīng sù zhǒng zi poppy seed 胡麻籽 hú má zǐ sesame seed 芥菜籽 jiè cài zǐ mustard seed 茴香籽 huí xiāng zǐ cumin / fennel seed 莳萝籽 蒔蘿籽 shí luó zǐ dill seed 莲蓉包 蓮蓉包 lián róng bāo lotus seed bun 被子植物门 被子植物門 bèi zǐ zhí wù mén angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) 裸子植物门 裸子植物門 luǒ zǐ zhí wù mén gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone) 野小茴 yě xiǎo huí dill seed 种穴 seed-hole 种子信息系统 Seed Information System 种子审查小组 Seed Review Group 牵牛花子 morning glory seed 区域种子生产和供应方桉 區域種子生產和供應方案 Regional Seed Production and Supply Programme 种子改良和开发方桉 種子改良和開發方案 Seed Improvement and Development Programme 种子库 種子庫 seed bank 种子的传播 種子的傳播 seed dispersal 种用马铃薯 種用馬鈴薯 seed-potato 棉籽饼 棉籽餅 mián zǐ bǐng cotton seed cake 国际榨油业者协会 國際榨油業者協會 International Association of Seed Crushers 种子园 種子園 seed orchard 斯瓦尔巴国际种子库 斯瓦爾巴國際種子庫 Svalbard International Seed Vault 种子留存 種子留存 seed stock 病毒留种 病毒留種 seed stock 经合组织种子协会 經合組織種子協會 ECO Seed Association 马铃薯实生种子 馬鈴薯實生種子 true potato seed 种用马铃薯标准化专家会议 種用馬鈴薯標準化專家會議 Meeting of Experts on Standardization of Seed Potatoes 种子倡议 －支持企业家促进环境与发展 種子倡議 －支持企業家促進環境與發展 Seed Initiative - Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development 千年种子银行 千年種子銀行 Millennium Seed Bank 原始资本基金 原始資本基金 Seed Capital Fund 世界种子年 世界種子年 World Seed Year 爱玉子 愛玉子 ài yù zǐ jelly fig seed (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang) 阿育魏实 阿育魏實 ā yù wèi shí seed of ajwain / Semen Trachyspermi coptici 种实 種實 zhǒng shí seed / seedpod / aril 籽实 籽實 zǐ shí seed / grain / kernel / bean 莱菔子 萊菔子 lái fú zǐ radish seed (used in TCM to treat indigestion) 菂 dì (literary) lotus seed / Taiwan pr. [di1] 奇亚籽 奇亞籽 qí yà zǐ (loanword) chia seed 