佃 (diàn) - To cultivate land & tenant farmer
佃 · diàn
To cultivate land;
tenant farmer;
to rent land for farming.
To cultivate landtenant farmerto rent land for farming.
Usage highlights
Tenant farmerTenant farmingTenant householdLand rentTo rent landTenancy system
Usage & contexts
Examples
- He works as a tenant farmer (佃农).
- They rent land for cultivation (佃耕).
- The landlord leased the field to tenants (佃给佃户).
- Sharecropping system (佃租制度) was common historically.
Collocations
- Tenant farmer(佃农)
- Tenant farming(佃耕)
- Tenant household(佃户)
- Land rent(佃租)
- To rent land(佃田)
- Tenancy system(佃制)
Idioms
- Tenants and hired laborers(佃佣)
- Tenant farmers and serfs(佃隶)
- To abolish tenancy and reduce rent(废佃减租)
Cultural background
FAQ- Historically refers to the tenant farming system in agricultural China where farmers rented land from landowners.
- 佃农 (tenant farmers) formed a significant social class in traditional Chinese agrarian society.
- The character reflects the historical land tenure systems and rural social structure.