FERTILE 豐饒的肥/饒
ABLE, as SOIL OR TERRITORY, to CAUSE PLANTS to GROW ABUNDANTLY.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
FERTILE
foecundus refers to the fruitfulness of a breading living creature.
fertilis refers to the fruitfulness of a piece of land and the like.
ferax is a rarer word referring to the fruitfulness of a piece of land and the like.
uber refers to the ability to bring forth, sustain and foster.
frugifer refers to fruitfulness under the image of a corn-field.
fructuosus refers to fruitfulness under the image of a tree prone to bear fruit.
FECOND.FERTILE
Words (12 items)
肥 féi OC: bul MC: bɨi 9 Attributions
The standard word for fertility of land is féi 肥 (ant. jí 瘠 "infertile"), and this refers to potentially fertile areas as well as to land already under cultivation.
- Word relations
- Ant: 墝 / 磽/BARREN
Qiāo 墝/磽 refers to stony barren territory unsuitable for cultivation. [TECHNICAL-TERM]; [[RARE]] - Oppos: 墝 / 磽/BARREN
Qiāo 墝/磽 refers to stony barren territory unsuitable for cultivation. [TECHNICAL-TERM]; [[RARE]]
- Syntactic words
- nfertile lands
- nabfeaturefertility
- vadN(of land) fertile, rich
- vibe fertile; be rich
- vtoNcausativeto make N fertile, to fertilise NLZ
- vtoNpassiveto be dungedLZ
沃 wò OC: qowɡ MC: ʔuok 3 Attributions
Wò 沃 (ant. què 埆 "infertile") is an archaising elevated word.
- Syntactic words
- vadNfertile
- virich and fertile (of land)
膏 gāo OC: koow MC: kɑu 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vadNfertile; HOUHANSHU 膏田; causing fertility, fertility-giving (rain etc)
- vtoNfigurativecause to "bear fruit"
饒 ráo OC: nɢjew MC: ȵiɛu 2 Attributions
Ráo 饒 (ant. huāng 荒 "infertile") refers to the productive state of fields that are being cultivated.
- Syntactic words
- nabfeaturefertile abundance
- vadNfertile; rich (land)
- vibe rich in yield, be productive
肥墝 féi qiāo OC: bul khreew MC: bɨi khɣɛu 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPab{nab1ant.nab2}featurerelative fertility
肥磽 féi qiāo MC: bj+j khaew OC: bul khreew 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPabfeaturecomparative fertilityCH
肥美 féi měi OC: bul mriʔ MC: bɨi mi 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPibe fertile and splendid> be splendidly fertile
肥饒 féi ráo OC: bul nɢjew MC: bɨi ȵiɛu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPadNfertile
墝肥 qiāo féi MC: khaew bj+j OC: khreew bul 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPabfeaturerelative fertilityLZ
壤 rǎng MC: nyangX OC: njaŋʔ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vibe fertile (of a region, a territory)CH
腴 yú OC: lo MC: ji̯o 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vadNpost-v: fertile
膏腴 gāo yú OC: koow lo MC: kɑu ji̯o 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPadNfertile and rich