稻田

See also: 稲田

Chinese

		paddy; rice	field; farm
simp. and trad. (稻田)		稻	田

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dàotián

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дотян (doti͡an, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ tin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiū-chhân
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶dau-di

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàotián
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàotián
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-tʻien²
    • Yale: dàu-tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtyan
    • Palladius: даотянь (daotjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дотян (doti͡an, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔ⁴⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ tin⁴
    • Yale: douh tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² tʰiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiū-chhân
    • Tâi-lô: tiū-tshân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diuxzhaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiu³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰan²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶dau-di
    • MiniDict: dau^去 di
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³dau-di
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɔ²² di⁴⁴/

Noun

稻田

1. rice paddy; rice field

Synonyms

• 水田 (shuǐtián)
• 禾田 (hétián) (literary or Cantonese)

 

Old Japanese

Etymology

From 稻 (ina, combining form of ine, “rice plant”) +‎ 田 (ta, “cultivated field”).

Noun

稻田 (inada) (kana いなだ)

1. a rice paddy
   • 720, Nihon Shoki, (Age of the gods, part one):

     ...故、賜號於二神曰稻田宮主神。

     And then, he gifted a name to the two gods, and they are called Inada no Miyanushi no Kami [gods of the master of shrine of the rice paddy].

Descendants

• Japanese: 稲田 (inada)