How to say “field” in Chinese

“Field” in Chinese is 田, tián: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

田 is read tián. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

How to write it

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “田”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 田. Tap the sound icon to listen.

• 田里的庄稼长2得很好tiánlidezhuāngjiazhǎngdehěnhǎoThe crops in the field are growing well.
• 村庄周围都是农田cūnzhuāngzhōuwéidōushìnóngtiánThe village is surrounded by fields.
• 农民正在田里播种nóngmínzhèngzàitiánlibōzhǒngThe farmers are sowing in the field.
• 大水把农田都淹了dàshuǐbǎnóngtiándōuyānleThe floodwater swamped all the fields.
• 洪水淹没了农田hóngshuǐyānmòlenóngtiánThe flood submerged the fields.
• 田径包括跑步、跳高、跳远等项目。tiánjìngbāokuòpǎobù,tiàogāo,tiàoyuǎnděngxiàngmùTrack and field includes running, the high jump, the long jump and other events.

More characters by topic — happiness, luck, strength, nature — on the page “Chinese characters with meanings”.

More words from the lesson “The field and sowing”

• 种地 farm
• 庄稼 crops
• 播种 sow
• 土壤 soil
• 肥沃 fertile
• 农田 farmland

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