杂交水稻

雜交水稻

zájiāo shuǐdào

noun

Meanings

1 hybrid rice

Characters

rice (the plant)

Examples

HSK 6

杂交水稻的产量比普通水稻高。

Zájiāo shuǐdào de chǎnliàng bǐ pǔtōng shuǐdào gāo.

Hybrid rice yields more than ordinary rice.

HSK 6

袁隆平培育出了杂交水稻，让中国的粮食产量大大提高。

Yuán Lóngpíng péiyù chū le zájiāo shuǐdào, ràng Zhōngguó de liángshi chǎnliàng dàdà tígāo.

Yuan Longping bred hybrid rice, which greatly increased China's grain output.

Tips

culture

袁隆平 and his team bred the first high-yield 杂交水稻 in the 1970s, and he is still called the father of hybrid rice. Hybrid seed gives its full yield only in the first generation, so farmers buy new seed every year.

Stroke Order

杂 zá

交 jiāo

水 shuǐ

稻 dào