种 種 zhòng to plant / to grow / to cultivate syn 长 長 zhǎng chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance syn 生 shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student syn 长大 長大 zhǎng dà to grow up syn 发展 發展 fā zhǎn development / growth / to develop / to grow / to expand syn 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 成长 成長 chéng zhǎng to mature / to grow / growth syn 收获 收穫 shōu huò to harvest / to reap / to gain / crop / harvest / profit / gain / bonus / reward syn 生长 生長 shēng zhǎng to grow / to grow up / to be brought up syn 增长 增長 zēng zhǎng to grow / to increase syn 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) syn 成年 chéng nián to grow to adulthood / fully grown / adult / the whole year syn 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent syn 种植 種植 zhòng zhí to plant / to grow (a crop) / to cultivate syn 生锈 生銹 shēng xiù to rust / to grow rusty / to corrode / oxidization syn 庄稼 莊稼 zhuāng jia farm crop syn 长成 長成 zhǎng chéng to grow up syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty syn 增多 zēng duō to increase / to grow in number syn 出息 chū xi future prospects / profit / to mature / to grow up syn 盆栽 pén zāi to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant) 起家 qǐ jiā to start out by / to grow an enterprise beginning with / to begin one's career by syn 栽培 zāi péi to grow / to cultivate / to train / to educate / to patronize syn 作物 zuò wù crop syn 尖子 jiān zi best of its kind / cream of the crop syn 生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) syn 生发 生發 shēng fā to emerge and grow / to develop 与日俱增 與日俱增 yǔ rì jù zēng to increase steadily / to grow with each passing day syn 连理 連理 lián lǐ two trees that grow together as one / fig. conjugal union syn 滋长 滋長 zī zhǎng to grow (usually of abstract things) / to yield / to develop syn 出落 chū luò to grow (prettier etc) / to mature into / to blossom syn 栽种 栽種 zāi zhòng to plant / to grow syn 霜冻 霜凍 shuāng dòng frost / frost damage (to crop) 益智 yì zhì to grow the intellect / Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine) 稻米 dào mǐ rice (crop) syn 生出 shēng chū to give birth / to grow (whiskers etc) / to generate / to produce syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 庄稼地 莊稼地 zhuāng jia dì crop land / arable land syn 成材 chéng cái to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber syn 百里挑一 百裡挑一 bǎi lǐ tiāo yī one in a hundred / cream of the crop syn 上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn 变老 變老 biàn lǎo to grow old / to age / aging 经济作物 經濟作物 jīng jì zuò wù cash crop (economics) syn 风起云涌 風起雲湧 fēng qǐ yún yǒng to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds syn 丰产 豐產 fēng chǎn high yield / bumper crop syn 稻子 dào zi rice (crop) / unhulled rice syn 长满 長滿 zhǎng mǎn to grow all over 偕老 xié lǎo to grow old together 横生 橫生 héng shēng to grow without restraint / overflowing with / to happen unexpectedly syn 消长 消長 xiāo zhǎng to ebb and rise / to decrease and then grow 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 试种 試種 shì zhòng test planting / crop grown on a trial basis 长牙 長牙 zhǎng yá to grow teeth / to teethe / growing teeth 出淤泥而不染 chū yū ní ér bù rǎn lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom) / fig. to be principled and incorruptible 墒情 shāng qíng the state of moisture in the soil (and whether it can support a crop) 发怵 發怵 fā chù to feel terrified / to grow apprehensive 产粮 產糧 chǎn liáng to grow crops / food growing 秋播 qiū bō sowing in autumn (for a crop in spring) 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 勃兴 勃興 bó xīng to rise suddenly / to grow vigorously syn 岁 歲, 𡻕 suì classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests) syn 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn 秀 xiù (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears syn 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 尖 jiān pointed / tapering / sharp / (of a sound) shrill / piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp / acute / keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point / tip / the best of sth / the cream of the crop syn 栽 zāi to plant / to grow / to insert / to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble / to fall down syn 滋 zī to grow / to nourish / to increase / to cause / juice / taste / (dialect) to spout / to spurt 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 蓄 xù to store up / to grow (e.g. a beard) / to entertain (ideas) syn 莳 蒔 shì (literary) to grow / (literary) to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2] syn 生生不息 shēng shēng bù xī to grow and multiply without end 换牙 換牙 huàn yá to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth 殖 zhí to grow / to reproduce syn 歉收 qiàn shōu crop failure / poor harvest syn 冒头 冒頭 mào tóu to emerge / to crop up / a little more than syn 嗉 膆 sù the crop of a bird 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 油料作物 yóu liào zuò wù oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop 丰登 豐登 fēng dēng plentiful harvest / bumper crop syn 万丈高楼平地起 萬丈高樓平地起 wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow 五步蛇 wǔ bù shé Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) syn 垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn 稼 jià to sow grain / (farm) crop syn 馑 饉 jǐn time of famine or crop failure 食言而肥 shí yán ér féi lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises syn 长势 長勢 zhǎng shì how well a crop (or plant) is growing / growth syn 长生久视 長生久視 cháng shēng jiǔ shì to grow old with unfailing eyes and ears (idiom) 白首齐眉 白首齊眉 bái shǒu qí méi (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom) 稙 zhí early-planted crop 大田作物 dài tián zuò wù field crop 膆 sù (literary) fat / the crop of a bird (variant of 嗉[su4]) 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 裁培 cái péi to grow (crop) / cultivation 因爱成恨 因愛成恨 yīn ài chéng hèn hatred caused by love (idiom) / to grow to hate someone because of unrequited love for that person 滋蔓 zī màn to grow and spread syn 蓄须明志 蓄鬚明志 xù xū míng zhì to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese) 农桑 農桑 nóng sāng mulberry farming / to grow mulberry for sericulture 