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田

Mandarin · pinyin tián#

field
farm
Classifier: 片 piàn

Mandarin · pinyin Tián#

surname Tian

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田: tián · field, arable land, cultivated

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Cantonese word readings for 田. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)
field (area rich in mineral reserves)
(literary) (alt. form 佃, 畋) to till land; to cultivate
(literary) (alt. form 佃, 畋, 甸) to hunt
(Cantonese) short for 阿華田／阿华田 (Āhuátián, “Ovaltine”)
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(Min) paddy field; wet field (Classifier: 坵 mn)
(Min) farmland in general; field (Classifier: 坵 mn)

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