井 jǐng — well
井
jǐng jing3
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
noun
- (象形。金文字形,外象井口,中间一点表示井里有水。本义:水井)
- well e.g 井池 · 井鱼 · 井养 · 井华 · 井干
- sth. in the shape of a well e.g 井场 井灶 · 井椁
- square-fields e.g 井税 · 井地 · 井里制 · 井邑田 · 井径
- hometown e.g 井里 · 井庐 · 井曲 · 井屋
- cesspool
- law and institutions e.g 井井 · 井井有方 · 井井有法 · 井井有绪
- constellation's name e.g 井木犴 · 井宿 · 井冠 · 井星 · 井络
- street e.g 井邑 · 井市 · 井陌 · 井闾
verb
- draw water from a well
- divide square-fields
adjective
- orderly;neat e.g 井井有条 秩序井然 · 井径
Related words
- 矿井 mine shaft; pit
- 天井 skylight; open courtyard patio
- 水井 well
- 井下 down the mine; underground in the pit
- 钻井 to drill a well; drilling
- 机井 a motor-pumped well
- 井喷 (oil) blowout; a sudden explosive surge
- 井然有序 orderly and well-organized
- 市井 marketplace; the common people; street market
- 井口 well mouth; pit opening
- 油井 oil well
- 井井有条 in perfect order; methodical
- 井台 the well-side platform
- 龙井茶 Longjing tea; West Lake dragon-well green tea
- 背井离乡 to leave one's hometown; to be forced from one's native place
- 钻井队 drilling crew/team
- 坎儿井 karez (an underground irrigation channel in arid northwest China)
- 枯井 a dry well
- 井架 the headframe over a mine or oil well
- 探井 (mining) test pit; exploratory shaft; test well