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

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

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

a surname