田里 (tián lǐ) — fields, farmland; rural area, countryside commu… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fieldsfarmlandrural areacountryside community

Examples

田里。
Nóng mín zài tián lǐ zhǒng shuǐ dào.
Farmers grow rice in the fields.
田里，。
tián lǐ De shēng huó hěn ān jìng, kōng qì yě hǎo.
Life in the rural area is very quiet, and the air is good too.
田里，。
Tā cóng xiǎo jiù zhù zài tián lǐ, duì nóng cūn hěn shú xi.
He has lived in the countryside since he was a child, so he knows rural areas well.

Origin

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

田 means 'field', and 里 gives the sense of 'in' that place.

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裡; 里 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 里 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (里, 里面) it is 裡; in others (公里) it is 里 or 裏.

衤里裡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衤Written in full as衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

里

里lǐ裡lǐ

Same sound today

The form 裡 pairs 衤 (clothes) with 里 as a sound component.

Appears in

Agriculture & Farming Countryside & Rural

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