transplant rice seedlings
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- 1 transplant rice seedlings、plant a rice paddy (with seedlings)
This word refers to transplanting rice seedlings into a flooded or muddy paddy field.
transplant rice seedlings、plant a rice paddy (with seedlings)
It describes moving young rice plants into a paddy and planting them in the mud.
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ชาวนากำลังปักดำข้าว chaaw naa kamlaŋ pàk dam khâaw The farmer is transplanting rice seedlings. ชาวนากำลังปักดำข้าว details
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ปักดำต้นกล้าในนา pàk dam tôn klâa nay naa Transplant the seedlings into the paddy. ปักดำต้นกล้าในนา details
Learning notes
Explanation
This is an agricultural verb used for rice cultivation. It refers to taking seedlings raised in a nursery or seedbed and planting them in the mud of a paddy field. ปัก means “insert” or “stick into.” Here, ดำ is connected with rice transplanting and does not mean “black.” It is best to learn ปักดำ as a fixed term for this farming operation. การปักดำ names the transplanting process, while เครื่องปักดำ means a rice-transplanting machine.
Usage
It is used when discussing stages of rice cultivation, planting schedules and methods, farm work, or agricultural machinery. It commonly appears in farming contexts and explanations of rice production.
Caution
This does not mean sowing rice seed directly. Use it for transplanting established seedlings, in contrast with หว่านข้าว, “to sow rice.” Also, ดำ does not mean “black” in this expression.
Differences from similar words
1 transplant rice seedlings synonyms
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ดำนา is the usual general expression for doing rice transplanting. ปักดำ focuses more specifically on the act or method of inserting rice seedlings into the paddy mud.