How to say “agriculture” in Chinese
agriculture
“Agriculture” in Chinese is 农业, nóng yè: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
农业 is read nóng yè: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “农业”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 农业. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 农业现代化需要新技术nóngyèxiàndàihuàxūyàoxīnjìshùModernizing agriculture requires new technology.
- 农业在经济中的比重下降了nóngyèzàijīngjìzhōngdebǐzhòngxiàjiàngleAgriculture's share of the economy has fallen.
- 本课题主要研究气候变化对农业的影响。běnkètízhǔyàoyánjiūqìhòubiànhuàduìnóngyèdeyǐngxiǎngThis study focuses mainly on the impact of climate change on agriculture.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “agriculture” in Chinese?
“Agriculture” in Chinese is 农业, pinyin nóngyè.
What does 农业 mean?
农业 (nóngyè) means “agriculture”.
How do you write 农业?
农业 is 2 characters: 农 (nóng) — farming, peasant; 业 (yè) — business, occupation. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 农业?
农业 is read nóngyè. Tones: nóng — second tone, yè — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“agriculture” in the lesson “Factories and fields”
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