佃 (diàn) — (bound form) to rent land (as a tenant); tenant farming

Definition

佃 (diàn) is a bound form meaning 'to rent land as a tenant', used only inside compounds like 佃户 or 佃农 — never standing alone.

bound form
to rent land (as a tenant)tenant farming
Easily confused

Examples

  • 佃。
    Jiù shè huì de diàn hù shēng huó hěn jiān kǔ.
    Tenant farmers in old society had a hard life.
  • 。
    Tā jiā lǐ zǔ zǔ bèi bèi dōu shì diàn nóng.
    His family has been tenant farmers for generations.
  • 佃。
    Dì zhǔ shōu qǔ gāo é de diàn zū.
    The landlord collected high land rent.

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