粵

神san4農nung4氏si6

simp神农氏
san4 nung4 si6Shén nóng shì

English

  1. Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China
  2. Shennong
  3. followers or clan of Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2]

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 神話人物;傳説中農業及醫藥嘅發明者

Examples

  • 神農氏嘗百草

    Shennong personally tested the properties of hundreds of herbs

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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