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田间 (tián jiān) — fields; farmland

Definition

田间 (tiánjiān) means 'among the fields' — it focuses on the space inside farmland, often with a rural or pastoral feel, more literary than the plain 田. Compare 田园 (pastoral countryside) and 田野 (open fields).

noun
fieldsfarmland

Examples

  • ，田间。
    Chūn tiān dào le, tián jiān kāi mǎn le yě huā.
    Spring has arrived, and the fields are full of wildflowers.
  • 田间。
    Nóng mín men zài tián jiān xīn qín dì gōng zuò.
    The farmers work hard in the fields.
  • 田间。
    Bàng wǎn wǒ men xǐ huan zài tián jiān sàn bù.
    We like to take a walk in the fields in the evening.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

田tiánfield
间jiānbetween

田 fields and 间 between; together they refer to the space among fields.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

田 looks like a field divided into four sections.

Open 田 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 间 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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