插秧

chāyāng

verb #47,342

Meanings

1 to transplant rice seedlings
2 to plant rice shoots in a paddy

Characters

Examples

农民在田里插秧。

Nóngmín zài tiánlǐ chāyāng.

The farmers are transplanting rice seedlings in the field.

五月是插秧的季节。

Wǔyuè shì chāyāng de jìjié.

May is the season for rice transplanting.

现在很多地方用机器插秧了。

Xiànzài hěnduō dìfang yòng jīqì chāyāng le.

Many places now use machines to transplant rice.

Tips

culture

One stage of the rice cycle in China: 育秧 (raise seedlings) → 插秧 (transplant) → 除草 (weed) → 收割 (harvest) → 打谷 (thresh) → 晒谷 (dry). Historically backbreaking hand labor, celebrated in the famous Tang poem 《悯农》 ("锄禾日当午").

Stroke Order

插 chā

秧 yāng