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Meaning of 亩

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(Trad.: 畝)
Pinyin:
English Definition: classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
Chinese Definition:
①用本义。,一亩约等于667平方米。[合]亩制(以亩为单位划分、计算土地面积的制度);亩级(田地土壤质量好坏的等级);亩积(每一亩田的面积)。
Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (field) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ tóu ] lid, cover; head
    • [ tián ] field, farm, arable land; cultivated
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Example Words
英亩 yīng acre
田亩 tián field
地亩 area of farmland
公亩 gōng are (1 are = 1⁄100 hectare, or 100 m²)
畎亩天才 quǎn tiān cái mediocre ability (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
5000
They levelled 5000 mu of land.
2
The old farmer raised four mu of wheat last year.
3
We harvested thirty mu altogether.That was not bad for the first day.
4
23
58
Spanning 23 hectares (58 acres) it has a lake - home to the park's famous pelicans.
5
The man-made floods will damage thousands of homes and hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland.