大田 (Dà tián) — (n.) large field of farmland, cropland; (proper noun) Daejeon (metropolitan city in South Korea)

Definition

Literally 'big field': a large area of cultivated cropland. When capitalized in pinyin (Dàtián) it names Daejeon, the tech-focused city in South Korea.

noun
(n.) large field of farmlandcropland(proper noun) Daejeon (metropolitan city in South Korea)
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 大田。
    Zhè piàn Dà tián yòng lái zhǒng xiǎo mài hé yù mǐ.
    This large field is used to grow wheat and corn.
  • 大田。
    Dà tián Shì hán guó de zhòng yào kē jì chéng shì.
    Daejeon is an important technology city in South Korea.
  • 大田。
    Nóng mín zài Dà tián lǐ máng zhe shōu gē.
    The farmers are busy harvesting in the cropland.

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.

大dàbig
田tiánfield

大 “big” and 田 “field” together denote a large field or farmland.

Characters in this word

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

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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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.

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