Figs are pollinated by fig wasps.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
授粉
to pollinate
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to pollinate
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 授粉 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 授粉 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Without pollination, we wouldn't be able to eat fruits and vegetables.
Without bee pollination, California's almond crop, for example, would be non-existent.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 授粉.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 授粉.
Directly before
- 蜜蜂授粉2
- 树木授粉1
- 没有授粉1
- 小蜂授粉1
Directly after
- 授粉的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 授粉
What does 授粉 mean in Chinese?
授粉 (shòufěn) means to pollinate.
How do you pronounce 授粉?
授粉 is pronounced shòufěn.
Is 授粉 an HSK word?
授粉 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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