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金田 (jīn tián) — Jintian (a town in Guangxi, site of the Jintian Uprising)

Definition

Proper noun: a town in Guangxi historically known as the site of the 1851 Jintian Uprising (金田起义), a major event in late-Qing history. Always refers to this specific place, not 'gold field' literally.

noun
Jintian (a town in Guangxi, site of the Jintian Uprising)

Examples

  • 金田。
    Tā cān guān le guǎng xī de jīn tián cūn.
    He visited Jintian Village in Guangxi.
  • 金田。
    jīn tián Qǐ yì shì zhōng guó lì shǐ shàng de yí cì zhòng yào shì jiàn.
    The Jintian Uprising was an important event in Chinese history.
  • 金田。
    Xǔ duō lì shǐ xué jiā dōu yán jiū guò jīn tián.
    Many historians have studied Jintian.

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.

金jīngold
田tiánfield

金 “gold” and 田 “field” form the town name Jintian.

Characters in this word

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

金 was drawn with marks for two pieces of metal, along with a part that gave its sound; it first meant copper, then metals and gold.

Open 金 →

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 →
Appears in
China — Places

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