Definition

1. Verb:
   • To rear (animals) and grow (plants): The primary meaning of "nuôi trồng" is the combined activity of raising livestock, poultry, or aquatic animals and cultivating crops, plants, or fungi. It refers to the practice of agriculture and aquaculture as a unified concept.
   • To cultivate (in a broad sense): It can be used more generally to mean the deliberate fostering and development of biological resources for food, materials, or other purposes.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nghề nuôi trồng thủy sản rất phát triển ở vùng này. (Aquaculture is very developed in this region.)
  • Họ áp dụng công nghệ cao vào việc nuôi trồng nông sản. (They apply high technology to the cultivation of agricultural products.)
  • Nuôi trồng phải đi đôi với bảo vệ môi trường. (Cultivation must go hand in hand with environmental protection.)

Advanced Usage

• "nuôi trồng thủy sản": aquaculture; the cultivation of aquatic organisms.

  • Nuôi trồng thủy sản bền vững là mục tiêu quan trọng. (Sustainable aquaculture is an important goal.)

• "nuôi trồng rừng": forest cultivation; silviculture.

  • Dự án tập trung vào nuôi trồng rừng ngập mặn. (The project focuses on mangrove forest cultivation.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nuôi (v): to raise, to rear, to feed (typically animals or people).

  • Bà tôi nuôi mấy con gà. (My grandmother raises a few chickens.)

• Trồng (v): to plant, to grow, to cultivate (plants, trees, crops).

  • Chúng tôi trồng rau sạch trong vườn. (We grow clean vegetables in the garden.)

Synonyms

• Cultivate: to prepare and use land for crops or gardening; to foster the growth of.
• Farm: to operate a farm; to engage in agricultural production.
• Grow and rear: a direct synonym pair describing the two components of the activity.

Related Terms

• Nông nghiệp (n): agriculture; the science or practice of farming.
• Canh tác (v): to cultivate, to farm (often emphasizing crop farming on land).

1. Rear (animals) and grow (plants)