田埂

tiángěng
noun

Measure Word

一条田埂 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 raised path between rice fields
  2. 2 field embankment
  3. 3 ridge between paddies

Examples

Xiǎoshíhou wǒmen cháng zài tiángěng shàng zhuī qīngtíng.
When we were kids, we used to chase dragonflies along the field paths.
Tiángěng yòu zhǎi yòu huá, xiǎoxīn bié shuāi xiàqù.
The ridge between the paddies is narrow and slippery — be careful not to fall.

Tips

memory
is a field (the classic grid-pattern pictograph) and is a small earthen ridge ( soil radical + ). Stack them: the little mud ridge walking between fields — that's a 田埂.

Stroke Order

tián
gěng