noun HSK 4
tián
field · open country · farmland

Meaning

田野 refers to open fields or rural farmland, typically used to describe agricultural land or the countryside. It evokes images of vast expanses of cultivated or natural land outside of urban areas.

Usage

田野 is commonly used in literary and descriptive contexts to paint pictures of rural landscapes. It appears frequently in poetry, essays, and nature descriptions. Native speakers use it when contrasting countryside with city life, or when describing agricultural scenes and natural beauty.

Examples

  1. 01
    春天的田野里开满了油菜花。
    Chūn tiān de tián kāi mǎn le yóu cài huā.
    The fields in spring are full of blooming rapeseed flowers.
  2. 02
    孩子们在田野上自由地奔跑玩耍。
    Háizi men zài tián shàng yóu de bēn pǎo wán shuǎ.
    The children run and play freely in the fields.

Characters

Measure words

  • piàn一片田野
  • kuài一块田野

Common collocations

  • 广阔的田野
    guǎng kuò de tián
    vast fields
  • 田野调查
    tián diào chá
    field research, fieldwork
  • 走在田野
    zǒu zài tián shàng
    to walk in the fields

Antonyms

Origin

The word combines 田 (field/farmland) with 野 (wild/open country), literally meaning 'field wilderness' to describe open agricultural or rural land.

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