tián

field

surname Tian; farm; CL:片[pian4]

a picture of 田 → a rice paddy divided into plots

The outer rectangle is the field boundary, and the inner cross represents the dividing paths between individual paddy plots. Ancient Chinese fields were divided this way to manage irrigation and ownership.

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这片里种的是水稻。

zhè piàn tián lǐ zhòng de shì shuǐ dào。

This field is planted with rice.

他家有好几片,每年收很多粮食。

tā jiā yǒu hǎo jǐ piàn tián,měi nián shōu hěn duō liáng shi。

His family has quite a few fields and harvests a lot of grain every year.

Words with 田

迟浩田

chí hào tián

Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003

野田佳彦

yě tián jiā yàn

Noda Yoshihiko (1957-), prime minister of Japan 2011-2012

金田村

jīn tián cūn

Jintian village in Guiping county 桂平[Gui4 ping2], Gveigangj or Guigang prefecture 貴港|贵港[Gui4 gang3], Guangxi, starting point of the Taiping Tianguo 太平天國|太平天国[Tai4 ping2 Tian1 guo2] rebellion in 1851

金田起义

jīn tián qǐ yì

Jintian Uprising

阿华田

ā huá tián

Ovaltine (brand)

青田

qīng tián

Qingtian county in Lishui 麗水|丽水[Li2 shui3], Zhejiang

青田县

qīng tián xiàn

Qingtian county in Lishui 麗水|丽水[Li2 shui3], Zhejiang

骑田岭

qí tián lǐng

Qitian mountain range between south Hunan and Guangdong

高田

gāo tián

Takada (Japanese surname)

卤田

lǔ tián

a saltpan

盐田

yán tián

see 鹽田區|盐田区[Yan2 tian2 Qu1]

盐田区

yán tián qū

Yantian, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 Shi4], Guangdong

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