開墾
simp开垦hoi1 han2kāi kěn
English
- to clear a wild area for cultivation
- to put under the plow
- to reclaim; to ploughed up; to tame
粵語 — Cantonese
- 將荒地變成可以用嚟種植嘅土地
Examples
農民開墾土地種菜。
The farmer ploughed up the land for growing vegetables.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk