耕田

gēngtián

verb #49,507

Meanings

1 to cultivate soil
2 to till fields
3 to farm

Characters

field, farmland

Examples

老黄牛帮农民耕田。

Lǎo huángniú bāng nóngmín gēngtián.

The old ox helps the farmer till the fields.

爷爷年轻时耕过田。

Yéye niánqīng shí gēng guò tián.

Grandpa tilled fields when he was young.

Tips

culture

Imagery from 耕田 is woven into Chinese idioms about diligence — e.g. 男耕女织 ('man tills, woman weaves'), describing the idealized traditional family economy. Mechanized farming has largely replaced manual 耕田 in modern rural China.

Stroke Order

耕 gēng

田 tián