nung4農农
Jyutpingnung4
Yalenùhng
Definition
Agriculture; farming; relating to cultivation.
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How it's used
This character is almost exclusively found in compound words related to farming or rural life. It rarely stands alone in modern spoken Cantonese, as speakers prefer using 耕田 or 種田 to describe the act of farming. You will mostly encounter it in formal or technical terms like 農業 or 農作物.
Examples
Do you know where there is a farm we can visit?
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Grammar guides
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