Meaning of 野
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- field
- plain
- open space
- limit
- boundary
- rude
- feral
- old variant of 野[ye3]
How to use 野
野 rarely stands alone in modern Chinese. It usually appears in words like 野生 (yěshēng, wild), 野餐 (yěcān, picnic) and 视野 (shìyě, field of view). Example: 这里有很多野生动物。(Zhèlǐ yǒu hěn duō yěshēng dòngwù.) There are many wild animals here.
野 (yě) has 里 (lǐ, village) on the left and 予 (yǔ) on the right. Picture the land that stretches out beyond the village, the open fields where things grow wild.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 野 (yě, third tone) with 也 (yě, also) because they sound the same. Remember that 野 is about fields and wildness, while 也 is a grammar word meaning too or also.
野 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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野 yě · field · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 野.
| 野生 | yěshēng | (of animals, plants etc) wild |
| 野兽 | yěshòu | beast; wild animal |
| 野蛮 | yěmán | barbarous; uncivilized |
| 野心 | yěxīn | ambition; wild schemes |
| 野餐 | yěcān | picnic; to have a picnic |
| 视野 | shìyě | field of view; (fig.) outlook; perspective |
| 野外 | yěwài | countryside; areas outside the city |
| 野营 | yěyíng | to camp; field lodgings |
| 野炊 | yěchuī | to cook a meal over a campfire (usu. for a group of people on an outing); cookout |
| 野人 | yěrén | a savage; uncivilized person |
| 狂野 | kuángyě | coarse and wild |
| 荒野 | huāngyě | wilderness |
Questions about 野
What does 野 mean?
野 (yě) means "field; plain" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 野?
野 is made of 1 character: 野 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 野 an HSK word?
Yes. 野 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
Does 野心 (yěxīn) mean ambition in a good or bad sense?
It often has a negative feel, suggesting greedy or wild schemes. It can be neutral in some contexts, but for positive ambition people often say 雄心 (xióngxīn) or 理想 (lǐxiǎng).
Can 野 describe a person's behavior?
Yes. 野 can mean rude or unruly, as in 这孩子太野了 (zhè háizi tài yě le), this child is too wild. It suggests someone who is hard to control, not necessarily someone who is evil.