农耕

農耕

nónggēng

noun

Meanings

1 farming
2 agriculture
3 tilling the land

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

中国有几千年的农耕文明。

Zhōngguó yǒu jǐqiān nián de nónggēng wénmíng.

China has several thousand years of agrarian civilization.

HSK 6

他们过着自给自足的农耕生活。

Tāmen guò zhe zìjǐzìzú de nónggēng shēnghuó.

They live a self-sufficient farming life.

Tips

usage

More formal and broader than 种田 ('till fields'). Often paired in fixed compounds: 农耕文明 ('agrarian civilization'), 农耕社会 ('agrarian society'), 农耕时代 ('agricultural era').

Stroke Order

农 nóng

耕 gēng