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田

tián

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What 田 means

1. field
2. farm

Other readings

田 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Tiánsurname Tian

Example sentences

• 我耕田。
  Wǒ gēngtián.
  I till the earth.
• 我叫山田。
  My name is Yamada.
• 我姓山田。
  My name is Yamada.
• 吉田，不要急。
  Jítián, bù yào jí.
  Yoshida, don't stress.
• 猎人在田野追兔子
  Lièrén zài tiányě zhuī tùzi
  The hunter chases the rabbit in the fields.
• 这位是安田先生。
  This is Mr Yasuda.

Words starting with 田

• 田野tián yěfield; open land
• 田径tián jìngtrack and field (athletics)
• 田地tián dìfield; farmland; cropland
• 田园tián yuánfields; countryside; rural
• 田中Tián zhōngTanaka (Japanese surname)
• 田间tián jiānfield; farm; farming area
• 田亮Tián LiàngTian Liang (1979-), former male Chinese diver, Olympic medalist
• 田埂tián gěngembankment between fields
• 田鸡tián jīfrog; the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
• 田汉Tián HànTian Han (1898-1968), author of the words of the PRC national anthem March of the…
• 田螺tián luóriver snail
• 田鼠tián shǔvole
• 田土tián tǔfarmland
• 田文Tián wénbirth name of Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and Wei during the Warring States…
• 田村Tián cūnTamura (Japanese surname and place name)
• 田湾Tián wānTianwan in Lianyungang 连云港, site of large nuclear power plant
• 田产tián chǎnestate; lands
• 田舍tián shèfarmhouse
• 田赛tián sàifield events (athletics competition)
• 田径赛tián jìng sàitrack and field competition
• 田格本tián gé běnexercise book for practicing Chinese character handwriting…
• 田纳西Tián nà xīTennessee
• 田阳区Tián yáng QūTianyang, a district of Baise City 百色市
• 田中角荣Tián zhōng Jiǎo róngTanaka Kakuei (1918-1993), Japanese politician, prime minister 1972-1974

Words containing 田

• 丰田Fēng tiánToyota or Toyoda (name); Toyota, Japanese car make
• 本田Běn tiánHonda (Japanese name)
• 农田nóng tiánfarmland; cultivated land
• 种田zhòng tiánto farm; farming
• 梯田tī tiánstepped fields; terracing
• 稻田dào tiánpaddy field; rice paddy
• 丹田dān tiánpubic region; point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
• 心田xīn tiánheart (one's innermost being)
• 福田fú tiánfield for growing happiness; domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism)
• 山田Shān tiánYamada (Japanese surname)
• 油田yóu tiánoil field
• 水田shuǐ tiánpaddy field; rice paddy
• 良田liáng tiángood agricultural land; fertile land
• 沧海桑田cāng hǎi sāng tiánlit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)…
• 耕田gēng tiánto cultivate soil; to till fields
• 福田区Fú tián QūFutian, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市
• 下田xià tiánto go out to work in the fields
• 沙田Shā tiánSha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong
• 上田Shàng tiánUeda (Japanese surname and place name)
• 内田Nèi tiánUchida (Japanese surname)
• 前田Qián tiánMaeda (Japanese surname)
• 原田Yuán tiánHarada (Japanese surname)
• 吉田Jí tiánYoshida (Japanese surname and place name)
• 增田Zēng tiánMasuda (Japanese surname)

Characters built on 土

These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 坚jiānstrong; solid; firm
• 填tiánto fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 垫diànpad; cushion; mat
• 堑qiàn(bound form) moat; chasm
• 坫diànstand for goblets
• 堿jiǎnvariant of 碱

Characters that look like 田

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 由yóuto follow; from; because of; due to
• 甲jiǎfirst of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; (used for an unspecified person or thing)…
• 申shēnto extend; to state; to explain
• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 曲qǔtune; song

Sounds the same

Read tián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 甜sweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
• 填to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 恬quiet; calm; tranquil
• 佃to cultivate; to hunt
• 钿(dialect) coin; money
• 畑used in Japanese names with phonetic value hatake, bata etc…
• 阗fill up; rumbling sound
• 沺turbulent
• 畋to cultivate (land); to hunt
• 屇cave; hole
• 湉(literary) smoothly flowing, placid (water)
• 窴fill in