旱田

hàntián

noun

Measure Word

一块旱田 kuài

Meanings

1 dry field
2 non-irrigated farmland
3 upland field (as opposed to paddy)

Characters

Examples

北方多旱田，南方多水田。

Běifāng duō hàntián, nánfāng duō shuǐtián.

Northern China has mostly dry fields, southern China mostly paddy fields.

这片旱田主要种玉米和小麦。

Zhè piàn hàntián zhǔyào zhòng yùmǐ hé xiǎomài.

This stretch of dry field mainly grows corn and wheat.

Tips

usage

旱田 pairs with its opposite 水田 (paddy field). The split maps neatly onto the north-south agricultural divide in China: wheat/corn on 旱田 in the dry north, rice in the waterlogged 水田 of the south.

Stroke Order

旱 hàn

田 tián