diàn

common

Meaning of

佃 means to farm land as a tenant; surname Dian. Pronounced diàn.

  • to farm land as a tenant
  • surname Dian

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Definitions & Examples

shàng
dài
dōu
diàn
zhǔ
de
tián
guò
huó
 

For generations his ancestors farmed as tenants on the landowner's fields to make a living.

Diàn
men
lián
lái
yāo
qiú
jiàng
 

The tenant farmers united to demand lower land rents.

Mín
guó
shí
hěn
duō
nóng
mín
kào
diàn
gēng
wéi
shēng
 

During the Republican era, many farmers made a living by tenancy farming.

Zhè
wèi
lǎo
diàn
nóng
shú
dāng
suǒ
yǒu
de
féi
tián
 

This elderly tenant farmer knows all the fertile local fields well.

Diàn
de
jià
zài
dāng
nián
dòng
hěn
 

Tenant rental prices fluctuated greatly back then.