Definition

1. Verb:
   • To cross breeds: The action of mating two different breeds, varieties, or species of plants or animals to produce offspring (hybrids) with desired characteristics from both parents.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Các nhà khoa học đang lai giống lúa để tạo ra giống mới chịu hạn tốt. (Scientists are cross-breeding rice to create a new drought-resistant variety.)
  • Họ đã lai giống chó Becgie với chó Bắc Kinh. (They cross-bred a German Shepherd with a Pekingese.)
  • Việc lai giống cây trồng có thể giúp tăng năng suất. (Cross-breeding crops can help increase yield.)

Advanced Usage

• "lai giống chọn lọc" / "lai giống có chủ đích": selective breeding / intentional cross-breeding.
  • Dự án tập trung vào lai giống chọn lọc để cải thiện chất lượng thịt bò. (The project focuses on selective breeding to improve beef quality.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lai tạo (verb): Often used interchangeably with "lai giống," meaning to hybridize or cross-breed, sometimes with a stronger connotation of creation or development.
  • Lai tạo giống hoa mới (To hybridize a new flower variety)
• Con lai / Giống lai (noun): The hybrid offspring or the hybrid breed itself.
  • Con lai giữa sư tử và hổ được gọi là "liger". (The hybrid between a lion and a tiger is called a "liger".)
• Sự lai giống (noun): The process or act of cross-breeding.
  • Sự lai giống đòi hỏi kiến thức chuyên môn. (Cross-breeding requires expert knowledge.)

Synonyms

• Ghép giống (verb): To graft or cross breeds (often used in a similar agricultural/biological context).
• Lai (verb): A shorter, more general form meaning to cross or hybridize.
  • lai giữa hai loài (to cross between two species)

Related Phrases

• Công nghệ lai giống: Breeding technology.
  • Công nghệ lai giống hiện đại (Modern breeding technology)
• Phương pháp lai giống: Breeding method.
  • phương pháp lai giống truyền thống (traditional breeding method)

Notes on Usage

• "Lai giống" is primarily used in the contexts of agriculture, animal husbandry, and biology. It is a technical term but is also understood in general use.
• It specifically refers to the of creating hybrids. The result is a "giống lai" (hybrid breed) or "con lai" (hybrid individual).
• Do not confuse with "lai" alone, which can be a more general verb for mixing or can function as an adjective meaning "mixed-race" or "hybrid." "Lai giống" explicitly denotes the purposeful act of breeding.

verb

1. to cross breeds