犁田

Chinese

		plough	field; farm
simp. and trad. (犁田)		犁	田
alternative forms		犁塍 Min 犁堘 Min

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lítián

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lài-thièn

  (Hailu, HRS): lai tien

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): le² ceng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lê-chhân / lôe-chhân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lítián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lítián
    • Wade–Giles: li²-tʻien²
    • Yale: lí-tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lityan
    • Palladius: литянь (litjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lài-thièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lai^ˇ tien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lai² tian²
    • Sinological IPA: /lai̯¹¹ tʰi̯en¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lai tien
    • Sinological IPA: /lai⁵⁵ tʰien⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: le² ceng² [Phonetic: le⁵ leng²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lá̤-chéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /le¹³⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)lɛŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê-chhân
    • Tâi-lô: lê-tshân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lezhaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³⁻³³ t͡sʰan²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lôe-chhân
    • Tâi-lô: luê-tshân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loezhaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /lue²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰan²⁴/

Verb

犁田

1. to plough and harrow a field; to farm; to work the land
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to crash while riding a motorcycle

Synonyms

• (to plough and harrow a field): (Hokkien, Puxian Min) 駛田／驶田, (Eastern Min) 使塍

See also

• 耕田 (gēngtián)

References

• “Entry #3355”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• “犁田”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “犁田”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 352.
• “犁田”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.