Usage of the character 野

dividing line between distinct realms
boundary
field-allocation (in Chinese astrology, the association between celestial regions and corresponding terrestrial realms)

yěgǒu

野狗

[野狗]

wild dog
feral dog
stray dog

shìyě

视野

[視野]

field of view
(fig.) outlook; perspective

yěniú

野牛

[野牛]

bison

jiāoyě

郊野

[郊野]

open area outside the city
countryside

yěshēng

野生

[野生]

wild
undomesticated

yěhé

野合

[野合]

to commit adultery

zàiyě

在野

[在野]

to be out of (political) office
to be out of power

sāyě

撒野

[撒野]

to display shockingly bad behavior
to behave atrociously

huāngyě

荒野

[荒野]

wilderness

Téngyě

藤野

[藤野]

Fujino (Japanese surname)

yěwèi

野味

[野味]

game
wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport

yěhuǒ

野火

[野火]

wildfire
(spreading like) wildfire
bush fire
farm fire (for clearing fields)

kuángyě

狂野

[狂野]

coarse and wild

Zhōngyě

中野

[中野]

Nakano (Japanese surname and place name)

yěfàng

野放

[野放]

to release (an animal) into the wild

yěwài

野外

[野外]

countryside
areas outside the city

Yěcūn

野村

[野村]

Nomura (Japanese surname)

yěyā

野鸭

[野鴨]

wild duck
mallard (Anas platyrhyncha)

yějìng

野径

[野徑]

country path
track in the wilderness

shānyě

山野

[山野]

mountain and fields

Jùyě

巨野

[巨野]

Juye county in Heze 菏澤／菏泽 ( Hézé), Shandong

Lùyě

鹿野

[鹿野]

Luye or Luyeh township in Taitung County 臺東縣／台东县 ( Táidōng Xiàn), southeast Taiwan

yědì

野地

[野地]

wilderness

yězhū

野猪

[野豬]

wild boar (Sus scrofa)
CL:頭／头 (tóu)

yěmǎ

野马

[野馬]

feral horse
free-roaming horse
wild horse

Shàngyě

上野

[上野]

Ueno, district in Taitō Ward, Tokyo
Ueno (Japanese surname)

Xīnyě

新野

[新野]

Xinye county in Nanyang 南陽／南阳 ( Nányáng), Henan

yětù

野兔

[野兔]

hare

yuányě

原野

[原野]

plain
open country

yězhǒng

野种

[野種]

(derog.) illegitimate child
bastard

cháoyě

朝野

[朝野]

all levels of society
the imperial court and the ordinary people

wòyě

沃野

[沃野]

fertile land

yěshǐ

野史

[野史]

unofficial history
history as popular legends

xiàyě

下野

[下野]

to step down from office
to go into opposition

Fùliángyě

富良野

[富良野]

Furano, Hokkaidō, Japan

yělùzi

野路子

[野路子]

(coll.) unorthodox (method etc)

yěxiǎohuí

野小茴

[野小茴]

dill seed

zàiyědǎng

在野党

[在野黨]

opposition party

dǎyěpào

打野炮

[打野炮]

(slang) to have sex outdoors or in a public place

Lùyěxiāng

鹿野乡

[鹿野鄉]

Luye or Luyeh township in Taitung County 臺東縣／台东县 ( Táidōng Xiàn), southeast Taiwan

Bóyěxiàn

博野县

[博野縣]

Boye county in Baoding 保定 ( Bǎodìng), Hebei

yěshānjiāo

野山椒

[野山椒]

same as 朝天椒 (cháotiānjiāo)

dàyěláng

大野狼

[大野狼]

big bad wolf

yědiānqié

野颠茄

[野顛茄]

deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)

Gù Yěwáng

顾野王

[顧野王]

Gu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇 ( Yùpiān)

bànshìyě

半视野

[半視野]

half visual field

yěmánrén

野蛮人

[野蠻人]

barbarian

yěhànzi

野汉子

[野漢子]

woman's lover

yěyīngméi

野樱莓

[野櫻莓]

chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)

yěháizǐ

野孩子

[野孩子]

feral child

yěshēngmāo

野生猫

[野生貓]

wild cat

Xīnyěxiàn

新野县

[新野縣]

Xinye county in Nanyang 南陽／南阳 ( Nányáng), Henan

Mùyěqū

牧野区

[牧野區]

Muye district of Xinxiang city 新鄉市／新乡市 ( Xīnxiāngshì), Henan

yuèyěchē

越野车

[越野車]

off-road vehicle

yěgānlán

野甘蓝

[野甘藍]

European wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea)

dǎyězhàn

打野战

[打野戰]

see 打野炮 (dǎyěpào)

Jùyěxiàn

巨野县

[巨野縣]

Juye county in Heze 菏澤／菏泽 ( Hézé), Shandong

yězhànjūn

野战军

[野戰軍]

field army

yěyuānyāng

野鸳鸯

[野鴛鴦]

wild mandarin duck
(derog.) illicit lovers
unorthodox couple

yěhúchán

野狐禅

[野狐禪]

heresy

Yě Tiān'é

野天鹅

[野天鵝]

Wild Swans, family autobiography by British-Chinese writer Jung Chang 張戎／张戎 ( Zhāng Róng)
alternative title 鴻／鸿, after the author's original name 張二鴻／张二鸿 ( Zhāng Erhóng)

yěcāndiàn

野餐垫

[野餐墊]

picnic blanket

yuèyěpǎo

越野跑

[越野跑]

cross country running

Chángyěxiàn

长野县

[長野縣]

Nagano prefecture, Japan

Jíyějiā

吉野家

[吉野家]

Yoshinoya (Japanese fast food chain)

gūhúnyěguǐ

孤魂野鬼

[孤魂野鬼]

wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom)
person who has no family or friends to rely on

yěshēngshēngwù

野生生物

[野生生物]

wildlife
creatures in the wild
wild organism

yědiàowúqiāng

野调无腔

[野調無腔]

coarse in speech and manner

yějīdàxué

野鸡大学

[野雞大學]

diploma mill

Yěsǒu Pùyán

野叟曝言

[野叟曝言]

Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠 ( Xià Jìngqú)

yuèyěsàipǎo

越野赛跑

[越野賽跑]

cross-country running

tuòzhǎnshìyě

拓展视野

[拓展視野]

to broaden one's horizons

yěyòubànhuā

野鼬瓣花

[野鼬瓣花]

wild hemp

mànshānbiànyě

漫山遍野

[漫山遍野]

lit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom)
fig. as far as the eye can see
covering everything
omnipresent

tuōjiāngyěmǎ

脱缰野马

[脫韁野馬]

a wild horse that refuses to be bridled (a metaphor for sth that runs wild)

kōngshìqīngyě

空室清野

[空室清野]

empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy
scorched earth policy

dìngxiàngyuèyě

定向越野

[定向越野]

cross-country orienteering

màntiānbiànyě

漫天遍野

[漫天遍野]

lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere
as far as the eye can see

yěwàidìngxiàng

野外定向

[野外定向]

orienteering

huāngshānyělǐng

荒山野岭

[荒山野嶺]

wild, mountainous country

lángzǐyěxīn

狼子野心

[狼子野心]

ambition of wild wolves (idiom); rapacious designs

Aòzhōuyěquǎn

澳洲野犬

[澳洲野犬]

dingo (Canis dingo)

yěshēngzhíwù

野生植物

[野生植物]

plants in the wild

mǎnshānbiànyě

满山遍野

[滿山遍野]

covering the whole land
over hills and dales

yěhuǒchūnfēng

野火春风

[野火春風]

abbr. for 野火燒不盡，春風吹又生／野火烧不尽，春风吹又生 (yěhuǒshāobùjìn,chūnfēngchuīyòushēng)

èpiǎobiànyě

饿莩遍野

[餓莩遍野]

starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine

yěwàifàngyǎng

野外放养

[野外放養]

free-range (breeding livestock or poultry)

Pǔshìyěmǎ

普氏野马

[普氏野馬]

Przevalski horse (Equus przewalskii) wild horse of Central Asia first identified in 1881 by Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基／普尔热瓦尔斯基

yěhúluóbo

野胡萝卜

[野胡蘿蔔]

carrot (Daucus carota)

héngshībiànyě

横尸遍野

[橫屍遍野]

corpses strew the field
deadly (conflict)

yěshēngdòngwù

野生动物

[野生動物]

wild animal

āihóngbiànyě

哀鸿遍野

[哀鴻遍野]

lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
starving people fill the land

jiānbìqīngyě

坚壁清野

[堅壁清野]

to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader
scorched earth policy

Yětián Jiāyàn

野田佳彦

[野田佳彥]

Noda Yoshihiko (1957-), prime minister of Japan 2011-2012

Xiǎoyě Bùyóuměi

小野不由美

[小野不由美]

Ono Fuyumi (1960-), Japanese novelist

Yěgélìkǒujiǔ

野格利口酒

[野格利口酒]

Jägermeister (alcoholic drink)

yěshēngdòngzhíwùyuán

野生动植物园

[野生動植物園]

wildlife park
safari park

Yěshēng Shēngwù Jījīnhuì

野生生物基金会

[野生生物基金會]

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

jiāhuāméiyǒuyěhuāxiāng

家花没有野花香

[家花沒有野花香]

lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom)
fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner
the grass is always greener on the other side

Shìjiè Yěshēng Shēngwù Jījīnhuì

世界野生生物基金会

[世界野生生物基金會]

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

yěhuǒshāobùjìn,chūnfēngchuīyòushēng

野火烧不尽，春风吹又生

[野火燒不盡，春風吹又生]

lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)
fig. cannot be easily eliminated
abbr. to 野火春風／野火春风 (yěhuǒchūnfēng)

xiǎoyǐnyǐnyúyě,dàyǐnyǐnyúshì

小隐隐于野，大隐隐于市

[小隱隱於野，大隱隱於市]

an ordinary hermit lives in the seclusion of the wild; the true recluse chooses the city (idiom)

Bīnwēi Yěshēng Dòng Zhíwùzhǒng Guójì Màoyì Gōngyuē

濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约

[瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約]

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CITES