井田

Chinese

		warn; well	field; farm
simp. and trad. (井田)		井	田
Literally: “井 (jǐng)-shaped field”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngtián

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeng² tin⁴ / zing² tin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngtián
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngtián
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-tʻien²
    • Yale: jǐng-tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingtyan
    • Palladius: цзинтянь (czintjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeng² tin⁴ / zing² tin⁴
    • Yale: jéng tìhn / jíng tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzeng² tin⁴ / dzing² tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zéng² tin⁴ / jing² tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ tʰiːn²¹/, /t͡sɪŋ³⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

Note:

• zeng2 tin4 - vernacular;
• zing2 tin4 - literary.

Noun

井田

1. (historical) Alternative name for 井田制度 (jǐngtián zhìdù, “well-field system (system for land distribution in ancient China)”).
2. (figurative) farmland; fields

Synonyms

• (well-field system): 井田制度 (jǐngtián zhìdù), 井田制 (jǐngtiánzhì)

Derived terms

• 井田制 (jǐngtiánzhì)
• 井田制度 (jǐngtián zhìdù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
井	田
い Grade: 4	た > だ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Proper noun

井(い)田(だ) • (Ida) 

1. a surname