tāng

耥

Character · Verb

to weed; loosen soil with a rake

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to loosen soil and remove weeds using a tāngbà (a long-handled farm rake)

technical

Technical agricultural term referring to the specific action of using a tāngbà (耥耙), a long-handled rake-like implement, to weed fields and break up soil.

Nóng农
mín民
men们
zhèng正
zài在
dào稻
tián田
lǐ里
tāng耥
cǎo草
 。

The farmers are weeding in the rice paddy.

Zhè这
kuài块
dì地
xū需
yào要
tāng耥
yī一
biàn遍
 。

This field needs to be raked over once.

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Tā他
ná拿
qǐ起
tāng耥
bà耙
qù去
tián田
lǐ里
tāng耥
cǎo草
 。

He picked up the rake and went to weed the field.