屯田
Chinese
to store up; to station (soldiers); difficult to store up; to station (soldiers); difficult; stingy |
field; farm | ||
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| simp. and trad. (屯田) |
屯 | 田 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: túntián
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: túntián
- Wade–Giles: tʻun2-tʻien2
- Yale: twún-tyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twentyan
- Palladius: туньтянь (tunʹtjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu̯ən³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tyun4 tin4
- Yale: tyùhn tìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tyn4 tin4
- Guangdong Romanization: tün4 tin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰyːn²¹ tʰiːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tûn-tiân
- Tâi-lô: tûn-tiân
- Phofsit Daibuun: dundieen
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tun²⁴⁻²² tiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thûn-tiân
- Tâi-lô: thûn-tiân
- Phofsit Daibuun: tundieen
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰun¹³⁻²² tiɛn¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰun²⁴⁻²² tiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Verb
屯田
- (historical) to have garrison troops or peasants open up wasteland and grow food grain (a policy pursued by feudal rulers since the Han dynasty)
Related terms
Noun
屯田