| 开垦 | kāi kěn | to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow | |
| 垦荒 | kěn huāng | to open up land (for agriculture) | |
| 围垦 | wéi kěn | to reclaim land by diking | |
| 屯垦 | tún kěn | to open up land for cultivation; to garrison troops to open up land | |
| 垦殖 | kěn zhí | to open up land for cultivation |
| 1 | The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation withdrew its support of the project. | |
| 2 | But the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation disagrees that 50 years is an advanced age for a dam. | |
| 3 | For a start, crops could only be harvested at certain times of the year, so arable farming was certainly no substitute for the fast-food culture of meat on demand. | |
| 4 | British Columbia' s Okanagan Valley wineries produce far more ice wine than any other region in the Pacific Northwest. | |
| 5 | Most recently earning second place with its ' 98 vintage in the Walter Hainle Award for Best Icewine at the Okanagan Ice Wine Festival held in January. |