麦田 (mài tián) — wheat field | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wheat field

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，麦田。
Qiū tiān dào le, mài tián biàn chéng le yí piàn jīn huáng sè.
Autumn arrived, and the wheat field turned into a golden yellow.
麦田。
Nóng mín men zài mài tián lǐ máng lù dì shōu gē.
The farmers are busy harvesting in the wheat field.
麦田，。
Yuǎn chù de mài tián yí wàng wú jì, fēi cháng zhuàng guān.
The wheat field in the distance stretches as far as the eye can see, very spectacular.

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.

The character 麦 names wheat, and 田 names a field, together forming a wheat field.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 麥; 麦 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

夊夊suīfootprint pointing down; to walk slowly

Sound part声符shēngfú

來

來lái麥mài

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 麦, the traditional form 麥 pairs 來, which gives the sound and once meant wheat, with 夊, a footprint pointing down for slow walking.

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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