圃 (pǔ) - Garden plot & vegetable garden

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pǔ ｜ 10 strokes ｜ radical: 囗

柠七

圃 · pǔ

Garden plot;

vegetable garden;

orchard;

cultivated field;

a place for growing plants.

Garden plotvegetable gardenorchard

Usage highlights

Vegetable gardenFlower nurseryGarden plotNursery gardenFarm gardenOrchard garden

Synonyms

  • 园— garden, park
  • 苑— imperial garden, park
  • 畦— small plot, bed

Antonyms

  • 野— wild, uncultivated
  • 荒— wasteland, barren

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • He grows vegetables in his garden (菜圃).
  • This is a flower nursery (花圃).
  • They visited the botanical garden (植物园圃).
  • The farm has an orchard (果园圃).

Collocations

  • Vegetable garden(菜圃)
  • Flower nursery(花圃)
  • Garden plot(园圃)
  • Nursery garden(苗圃)
  • Farm garden(农圃)
  • Orchard garden(圃园)

Idioms

  • The old gardener still tends his plot(老圃种蔬)
  • A scholar's garden retreat(文圃)
  • The imperial gardens(禁圃)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • In traditional Chinese culture, gardens and cultivated plots represented harmony with nature and self-sufficiency.
  • Scholar-gardeners were admired in Confucian tradition for combining intellectual pursuits with practical agriculture.
  • The character appears in classical texts describing ideal rural life and agricultural practices.

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