田埂

tiángěng

noun

Measure Word

一条田埂 tiáo

Meanings

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

Characters

ridge / embankment

Examples

HSK 7-9

小时候我们常在田埂上追蜻蜓。

Xiǎoshíhou wǒmen cháng zài tiángěng shàng zhuī qīngtíng.

When we were kids, we used to chase dragonflies along the field paths.

HSK 7-9

田埂又窄又滑，小心别摔下去。

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

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

Stroke Order

田 tián

埂 gěng