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野

yě

HSK 6 Character

What 野 means

1. field
2. plain
3. open space
4. limit
5. boundary
6. rude
7. feral

Other readings

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

• yěold variant of {野|yě}

Example sentences

• 我怕野兽。
  Wǒ pà yěshòu.
  I'm scared of wild animals.
• 小心那野狗！
  Xiǎoxīn nà yěgǒu!
  Look out for the wild dog!
• 汤姆很野蛮。
  Tom is an animal.
• 野牛很独特。
  Bison is unique.
• 那是一只野鸡。
  Nàshi yī zhī yějī.
  That's a pheasant.
• 让我们去野餐。
  Let's go to the picnic.

Words starting with 野

• 野蛮yě mánbarbarous; uncivilized
• 野心yě xīnambition; wild schemes; careerism
• 野生yě shēngwild; undomesticated
• 野兽yě shòubeast; wild animal
• 野外yě wàicountryside; areas outside the city
• 野草yě cǎoweeds; mistress or prostitute (old)
• 野猪yě zhūwild boar (Sus scrofa)
• 野花yě huāwildflower; woman of easy virtue
• 野人yě réna savage; uncivilized person; (old) commoner
• 野性yě xìngwild nature; unruliness
• 野菜yě càiwild herb; potherb
• 野鸡yě jīpheasant; unregistered and operating illegally (business); (slang) prostitute
• 野餐yě cānpicnic; to have a picnic
• 野地yě dìwilderness
• 野狗yě gǒuwild dog; feral dog; stray dog
• 野兔yě tùhare
• 野马yě mǎferal horse; free-roaming horse; wild horse
• 野营yě yíngto camp; field lodgings
• 野猫yě māowildcat; feral cat; stray cat
• 野战yě zhànbattlefield operation; paintball
• 野味yě wèigame; wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport
• 野鸭yě yāwild duck; mallard (Anas platyrhyncha)
• 野火yě huǒwildfire; (spreading like) wildfire; bush fire
• 野史yě shǐunofficial history; history as popular legends

Words containing 野

• 田野tián yěfield; open land
• 视野shì yěfield of view; (fig.) outlook; perspective
• 原野yuán yěplain; open country
• 荒野huāng yěwilderness
• 越野车yuè yě chēoff-road vehicle
• 越野yuè yěto travel cross-country; to go off-road; (attributive) cross-country; off-road
• 旷野kuàng yěwilderness
• 狂野kuáng yěcoarse and wild
• 山野shān yěmountain and fields
• 粗野cū yěinsolent; boorish; rough (in actions)
• 在野zài yěto be out of (political) office; to be out of power
• 朝野cháo yěall levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people
• 撒野sā yěto display shockingly bad behavior; to behave atrociously
• 漫山遍野màn shān biàn yělit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom); fig. as far as the eye can see…
• 在野党zài yě dǎngopposition party
• 上野Shàng yěUeno, district in Taitō Ward, Tokyo; Ueno (Japanese surname)
• 下野xià yěto step down from office; to go into opposition
• 中野Zhōng yěNakano (Japanese surname and place name)
• 内野nèi yě(baseball) infield
• 分野fēn yědividing line between distinct realms; boundary; field-allocation…
• 吉野Jí yěYoshino (Japanese surname and place name)
• 外野wài yě(baseball) outfield
• 大野Dà yěŌno (Japanese surname and place name)
• 小野Xiǎo yěOno (Japanese surname and place name)

Characters that look like 野

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

• 睁zhēngto open (one's eyes)
• 砰pēng(onomatopoeia) bang; thump
• 秤chēngto weigh (variant of 称
• 胯kuàcrotch; groin; hip
• 酐gānanhydride
• 梓zǐChinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and…

Sounds the same

Read yě, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 也also; too; as well; (not ...) either…
• 冶to smelt; to cast; seductive in appearance
• 嘢(Cantonese) thing; matter; stuff
• 漜mud