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 (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶dau-di / ²dau₆-die₂

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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶dau-di
  - MiniDict: dau^去 di
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³dau-di
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɔ²² di⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²dau₆-die₂
  - MiniDict: dau^去 die^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /dæ²² dɪ³³/

Noun

稻田

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)

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)