田地

Chinese

	field; farm	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (田地)	田	地
simp. ^#(田地)	田	地
alternative forms	塍地 Min vernacular

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiándì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin⁴ dei⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thièn-thi
Eastern Min (BUC): chèng-*dê
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhân-tōe / chhân-tē / tiân-tē

(Teochew, Peng'im): cang⁵ di⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiándì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiándì
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien²-ti⁴
  - Yale: tyán-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyandih
  - Palladius: тяньди (tjanʹdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin⁴ dei⁶
  - Yale: tìhn deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin⁴ dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin⁴ déi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn²¹ tei̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thièn-thi
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˇ ti
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian² ti⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en¹¹ tʰi⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chèng-*dê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛiŋ⁵³⁻²¹ tɛi²⁴²/

Note: vernacular.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-tōe
  - Tâi-lô: tshân-tuē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhandoe
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ tue³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² tue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² tue²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-tē
  - Tâi-lô: tshân-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhande
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² te²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ te³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiân-tē
  - Tâi-lô: tiân-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diende
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²⁴⁻²² te²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn²³⁻³³ te³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹/

Note:

chhân-tōe/chhân-tē - vernacular;
tiân-tē - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: cang⁵ di⁷
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâng tī
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ti¹¹/

Noun

田地

agricultural field; cropland; farmland
田地荒蕪／田地荒芜 ― tiándì huāngwú ― the fields are barren
- 臣見莎車、疏勒田地肥廣，草牧饒衍，不比敦煌、鄯善間也，兵可不費中國而糧食自足。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  臣见莎车、疏勒田地肥广，草牧饶衍，不比敦煌、鄯善间也，兵可不费中国而粮食自足。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE
  Chén jiàn Shāchē, Shūlè tiándì féi guǎng, cǎo mù ráoyǎn, bù bǐ Dūnhuáng, Shànshàn jiān yě, bīng kě bù fèi Zhōngguó ér liángshí zìzú. [Pinyin]
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(informal) adverse or disadvantageous state or situation
我們是怎麼落得如此田地的？ [MSC, trad.]
我们是怎么落得如此田地的？ [MSC, simp.]
Wǒmen shì zěnme luò dé rúcǐ tiándì de? [Pinyin]
How did we end up in this situation?
- 實在因為我們國家的勢力弱到這步田地，還能夠同人挑釁嗎？ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  实在因为我们国家的势力弱到这步田地，还能够同人挑衅吗？ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1905, Li Baojia, 文明小史
  Shízài yīnwèi wǒmen guójiā de shìlì ruò dào zhè bù tiándì, hái nénggòu tóngrén tiǎoxìn ma? [Pinyin]
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- 若用此香將文火慢慢的炙起來，無論你醉到怎樣田地，都能復活。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  若用此香将文火慢慢的炙起来，无论你醉到怎样田地，都能复活。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1907 CE, Liu E, The Travels of Lao Can
  Ruò yòng cǐ xiāng jiāng wénhuǒ mànmàn de zhì qǐlái, wúlùn nǐ zuì dào zěnyàng tiándì, dōu néng fùhuó. [Pinyin]
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(literary) place; region
- 有那同州是個要害田地，須索個好伴當每去據守。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  有那同州是个要害田地，须索个好伴当每去据守。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Song dynasty, 新編五代史平話
  Yǒu nà Tóngzhōu shì ge yàohài tiándì, xū suǒ ge hǎo bàndāng měi qù jùshǒu. [Pinyin]
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- 爭奈那妃子與安祿山私通，卻抱養祿山做孩兒。明皇得知，將安祿山差去漁陽田地，做了節度使。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  争奈那妃子与安禄山私通，却抱养禄山做孩儿。明皇得知，将安禄山差去渔阳田地，做了节度使。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Southern Song, 大宋宣和遺事
  Zhēngnài nà fēizǐ yǔ Ān Lùshān sītōng, què bàoyǎng Lùshān zuò hái'ér. Mínghuáng dézhī, jiāng Ān Lùshān chāi qù Yúyáng tiándì, zuò le jiédùshǐ. [Pinyin]
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(literary) travel distance
- 這快活林離東門去，有十四五里田地，算來賣酒的人家，也有十二三家。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  这快活林离东门去，有十四五里田地，算来卖酒的人家，也有十二三家。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE
  Zhè Kuàihuólín lí dōngmén qù, yǒu shísì wǔ lǐ tiándì, suàn lái mài jiǔ de rénjiā, yě yǒu shí'èr sān jiā. [Pinyin]
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Synonyms

(farmland):

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四界 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
田 (tián)
田園 / 田园 (Hokkien, Teochew)
田土 (tiántǔ) (regional)
耕地 (gēngdì)
莊稼地 / 庄稼地 (zhuāngjiadì)
農田 / 农田 (nóngtián)

(adverse situation): 地步 (dìbù)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
田	地
でん Grade: 1	じ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) でんじ [dèńjí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) でんじ [déꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

田(でん)地(じ) • (denji)

rice paddy

Synonyms

水田(すいでん) (suiden)
田(たん)圃(ぼ) (tanbo)

Derived terms

抱(かか)え田地(でんじ) (kakaedenji)
田(でん)地(じ)田畑(でんぱた) (denji denpata)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
田	地
でん Grade: 1	ち Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) でんち [dèńchí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) でんち [déꜜǹchì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

田(でん)地(ち) • (denchi)

rice paddy

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NHK-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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