Farm & Farm Animals in Chinese 农场
nóngchǎng
Farm in Chinese is 农场 (nóng chǎng).
Also searched for as: farm animals, farm, cow pig chicken.
Who looks after the animals and crops? 15 essential on the farm words in Mandarin Chinese, with pinyin and English. Open it in the app to hear each word, tick off the ones you know and turn them into flashcards.
The word for farm in Chinese is 农场 (nóng chǎng), and the person who works the land is a 农民 (nóng mín). This list brings together farm animals like 公鸡 (gōng jī), rooster, and 母鸡 (mǔ jī), hen, with the crops and jobs of farming life, including 水稻 (shuǐ dào) and 小麦 (xiǎo mài), the rice and wheat that shaped the different diets of southern and northern China.
| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 农场 | nóng chǎng | farm |
| 农民 | nóng mín | farmer |
| 奶牛 | nǎi niú | dairy cow |
| 公鸡 | gōng jī | rooster |
| 母鸡 | mǔ jī | hen |
| 鸭子 | yā zi | duck |
| 山羊 | shān yáng | goat |
| 绵羊 | mián yáng | sheep |
| 拖拉机 | tuō lā jī | tractor |
| 田 | tián | field |
| 种地 | zhòng dì | to farm the land |
| 收获 | shōu huò | harvest |
| 水稻 | shuǐ dào | rice (the plant) |
| 小麦 | xiǎo mài | wheat |
| 喂 | wèi | to feed |
Usage tips
- Rice has three words depending on its stage: 水稻 (shuǐ dào) is the plant in the field, 大米 (dà mǐ) the uncooked grain, and 米饭 (mǐ fàn) cooked rice on your plate.
- Both sheep and goats are 羊 (yáng), and so is the meat: 羊肉 (yáng ròu) covers lamb and mutton alike.
- 喂 is pronounced wèi when it means to feed, as in 喂鸡 (wèi jī), but it's the same character as the wéi or wèi you say when answering the phone.
Common mistakes
- Using 男 and 女 for animals, as in 男鸡 → animals take 公 (gōng), male, and 母 (mǔ), female: 公鸡 (gōng jī), 母鸡 (mǔ jī), 公牛 (gōng niú).
- Mixing up the two readings of 种 → as a verb, 'to plant or grow', it's zhòng, as in 种地 (zhòng dì); zhǒng is the noun 'type' or 'kind'.
Mini dialogue
- A爷爷，您每天几点起床？Yé ye, nín měi tiān jǐ diǎn qǐ chuáng?Grandpa, what time do you get up every day?
- B公鸡一叫我就起床，先去喂鸡。Gōng jī yī jiào wǒ jiù qǐ chuáng, xiān qù wèi jī.As soon as the rooster crows I get up, and the first job is feeding the chickens.
- A今天母鸡下蛋了吗？Jīn tiān mǔ jī xià dàn le ma?Have the hens laid any eggs today?
- B下了五个！吃完早饭，我们一起去田里看看小麦。Xià le wǔ gè! Chī wán zǎo fàn, wǒ men yī qǐ qù tián lǐ kàn kan xiǎo mài.Five! After breakfast we'll go out to the fields and look at the wheat.
Example sentences
- 我爷爷有一个农场。My grandpa has a farm.
- 农民每天很早起床。Farmers get up very early every day.
- 奶牛产牛奶。Cows give milk.
- 公鸡早上叫。The rooster crows in the morning.
- 母鸡下了一个蛋。The hen laid an egg.
- 鸭子在池塘里游泳。The ducks are swimming in the pond.
- 山羊在山上吃草。The goats are grazing on the hillside.
- 这只绵羊很白。This sheep is very white.
- 他开拖拉机。He drives a tractor.
- 田里种着水稻。There's rice growing in the field.
- 他们家世代种地。His family have farmed for generations.
- 秋天是收获的季节。Autumn is harvest season.
- 南方种水稻。The south grows rice.
- 北方种小麦。The north grows wheat.
- 我去喂鸡。I'm going to feed the chickens.
Practise speaking
Ready to use these words? The On the farm speaking island has 8 everyday questions about on the farm to prepare your own answers to.