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, ㄓㄨㄤㄐㄧㄚˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zuang¹ jia¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹ gaa³
Jin (Wiktionary): zuon¹ jia³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chong-kà / chong-kèe

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: ㄓㄨㄤㄐㄧㄚˋ
  - 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

(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