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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
新田
- new field; new farmland
- (archaic) field which has been cultivated for two years
Proper noun
新田
- (~縣) Xintian (a county of Yongzhou, Hunan, China)
- San Tin (an area in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
新田 • (shinden)
- newly cultivated field
- Synonym: 新開 (shinkai)
See also
- 開墾 (kaikon, “cultivation of land”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Proper noun
新田 • (Nitta)
- a surname
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN