莊稼

Chinese

		farm; village	sow grain
trad. (莊稼)		莊	稼
simp. (庄稼)		庄	稼
alternative forms		莊家／庄家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhuāngjia, zhuāngjià

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ, ㄓㄨㄤ ㄐㄧㄚˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zuang¹ jia¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹ gaa³
• Jin (Wiktionary): zuon¹ jia³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chong-kà / chong-kèe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuāngjia
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuangjiå
    • Wade–Giles: chuang¹-chia⁵
    • Yale: jwāng-jya
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juang.jia
    • Palladius: чжуанцзя (čžuanczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuāngjià
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ㄐㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuangjià
    • Wade–Giles: chuang¹-chia⁴
    • Yale: jwāng-jyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juangjiah
    • Palladius: чжуанцзя (čžuanczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zuang¹ jia¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zuonggia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suaŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕia⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong¹ gaa³
    • Yale: jōng ga
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong¹ gaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong¹ ga³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ kaː³³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zuon¹ jia³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suɒ̃¹¹ t͡ɕia⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chong-kà
    • Tâi-lô: tsong-kà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zongkax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ka²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ³³ ka⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chong-kèe
    • Tâi-lô: tsong-kèe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ²¹/

Noun

莊稼

1. (agriculture) crop (anything that is planted for its yield) (Classifier: 種／种)

   • 要收的莊稼多，做工的人少。所以，你們當求莊稼的主打發工人出去收他的莊稼。 [MSC, trad.]
     要收的庄稼多，做工的人少。所以，你们当求庄稼的主打发工人出去收他的庄稼。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 路加福音 (Luke) 10:2

     Yào shōu de zhuāngjia duō, zuògōng de rén shǎo. Suǒyǐ, nǐmen dāng qiú zhuāngjia de Zhǔ dǎfā gōngrén chūqu shōu tā de zhuāngjia. [Pinyin]

     The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

Synonyms

• 作物 (zuòwù)
• 歲物／岁物 (suìwù) (literary)
• 農作／农作 (nóngzuò)
• 農作物／农作物 (nóngzuòwù)

 

Descendants

• 秋莊稼／秋庄稼
• 種莊稼／种庄稼
• 莊稼人／庄稼人
• 莊稼地／庄稼地 (zhuāngjiadì)
• 莊稼活兒／庄稼活儿
• 莊稼漢／庄稼汉
• 莊稼院／庄稼院