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Meaning of 土

Pinyin tǔ

Radical

土

Strokes

Definition

earth / dust

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土 [tǔ] 名【本义】: 泥土，土壤 1. 地面上的泥沙混合物: [En.] A mixture of mud and sand on the ground. 2. 疆域: [En.] Land; territory. 3. 本地的，地方性的: [En.] Local; native. 4. 民间生产的（区别于“洋”）: [En.] Homemade; indigenous; produced locally (as opposed to foreign). 5. 不合潮流: [En.] Unrefined; unenlightened; against the trend. 6. 未熬制的鸦片: [En.] Opium; unprocessed opium. 7. 中国古代乐器八音之一: [En.] One of the eight ancient Chinese musical instruments. 8. 中国少数民族，主要分布于青海省: [En.] Tu nationality; a minority group mainly distributed in Qinghai Province. 9. 姓: [En.] A surname. 形 1. 本地的;本国的;地方的: [En.] Local; native. 2. 指民间延用的生产技术和有关的设备、产品、人员等(区别于“洋”): [En.] Homemade; indigenous; refer to production techniques, equipment, products, and personnel used by the people (as opposed to foreign). 3. 属于或关于普通语言的: [En.] Vulgar; relating to common language. 4. 俗气的，不合潮流的: [En.] Unrefined; unfashionable; out of touch with trends. 动 1. 测量土地: [En.] Measure; to measure land. 2. 吐: [En.] Vomit. 通“杜”、根。 (土苴) 粪草，糟粕。比喻微贱的东西: [En.] Referring to dung grass or residue, used as a metaphor for something worthless. (土门) 东突厥第一代可汗名: [En.] The name of the first Khagan of the Eastern Turkic dynasty.

土司 tǔ sī

sliced bread (loanword from "toast") / government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties

土地 tǔ dì

land / soil / territory / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]

土坯 tǔ pī

mud brick / adobe / unfired earthenware

喀土穆 Kā tǔ mù

Khartoum, capital of Sudan

土埂 tǔ gěng

embankment or foothpath between paddy fields

夯土 hāng tǔ

rammed earth

土壤 tǔ rǎng

soil

出土 chū tǔ

to dig up / to appear in an excavation / unearthed / to come up out of the ground

国土 guó tǔ

country's territory / national land

领土 lǐng tǔ

territory

黄土 huáng tǔ

loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)

本土 běn tǔ

one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory

水土 shuǐ tǔ

water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate

恩施土家族苗族自治州 Ēn shī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú zì zhì zhōu

Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture in Hubei

泥土 ní tǔ

earth / soil / mud / clay

土特产 tǔ tè chǎn

local specialty

砂土 shā tǔ

sand / sandy soil

土层 tǔ céng

layer of soil / ground level

红土 hóng tǔ

red soil / laterite

土豆 tǔ dòu

potato / CL:個|个[ge4] / (Tw) peanut / CL:顆|颗[ke1]

圣土 shèng tǔ

Holy Land

土坎 tǔ kǎn

earthen levee

土坑 tǔ kēng

pit / bury

土块 tǔ kuài

soil block

土坝 tǔ bà

earth dam / dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete)

土坡 tǔ pō

earth slope / soil slope

土库曼斯坦 Tǔ kù màn sī tǎn

Turkmenistan

土坯房 tǔ pī fáng

ADOBE

土坷垃 tǔ kē lā

Tukla

培土 péi tǔ

to earth up

土堆 tǔ duī

mound

土墙 tǔ qiáng

cob wall

土墩 tǔ dūn

mound

壤土 rǎng tǔ

loam

土壤学 tǔ rǎng xué

pedology (soil study)

土壤层 tǔ rǎng céng

soil layer

土壤污染 tǔ rǎng wū rǎn

soil contamination / soil pollution

夯土层 hāng tǔ céng

Rammed soil

卷土重来 juǎn tǔ chóng lái

lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback

土司官寨 tǔ sī guān zhài

Tusi Guanzhai

尘土 chén tǔ

dust

五峰土家族自治县 Wǔ fēng Tǔ jiā zú Zì zhì xiàn

Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei

土崩瓦解 tǔ bēng wǎ jiě

to collapse / to fall apart

土崩 tǔ bēng

landslide / landfall

土地庙 tǔ dì miào

temple of local god of the land

土豪劣绅 tǔ háo liè shēn

local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia

土尔扈特部 tǔ ěr hù tè bù

Turhu Special Department

土尔扈特 tǔ ěr hù tè

Turhut

开疆拓土 kāi jiāng tuò tǔ

expand territory

挖土 wā tǔ

cut / earth cutting

水来土掩 shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn

When the flood approaches bank up to keep it out. / have means to resist

冻土 dòng tǔ

frozen earth / permafrost / tundra

冻土层 dòng tǔ céng

permafrost / tundra / layer of frozen soil

净土 Jìng tǔ

(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)

土耳其 Tǔ ěr qí

Turkey

土库曼 Tǔ kù màn

Turkmenistan / Republic of Turkmenistan, former Soviet republic adjoining Iran

栗钙土 lì gài tǔ

chestnut soil

无土栽培 wú tǔ zāi péi

soilless culture

土匪 tǔ fěi

bandit

白浆土 bái jiāng tǔ

Baijiang soil

土炕 tǔ kàng

heated brick common bed

湘西土家族苗族自治州 Xiāng xī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú zì zhì zhōu

Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture in northwest Hunan, capital Jishou 吉首

灰土 huī tǔ

dust

土灶 tǔ zào

Earthen stove

混凝土 hùn níng tǔ

concrete

焦土 jiāo tǔ

scorched earth

瓷土 cí tǔ

porcelain clay / china clay

疆土 jiāng tǔ

territory

土疙瘩 tǔ gē da

Soil bumps

盐土 yán tǔ

solonchak / saline soil

铝矾土 lǚ fán tǔ

bauxite / aluminum ore

破土动工 pò tǔ dòng gōng

break ground / begin a construction project by digging for the foundation / turn the formal first spadeful of dirt

硅藻土 guī zǎo tǔ

kieselguhr / diatomite / bergmeal / infusorial earth / celatom

碱土金属 jiǎn tǔ jīn shǔ

碱土 jiǎn tǔ

alkaline soil

乡土气息 xiāng tǔ qì xī

Hometown

五色土 wǔ sè tǔ

Five-color soil

稀土 xī tǔ

rare earth (chemistry)

稀土元素 xī tǔ yuán sù

rare earth element (chemistry)

土窑 tǔ yáo

earthen kiln / loess cave

土窑洞 tǔ yáo dòng

loess cave dwelling

粘土 nián tǔ

clay

粘土矿 nián tǔ kuàng

Clay ore

粪土 fèn tǔ

dirty soil / dung / muck

土耳其人 Tǔ ěr qí rén

a Turk / Turkish person

土腥味 tǔ xīng wèi

earthy smell / earthy taste

土腥气 tǔ xīng qì

Earthy smell

土丘 tǔ qiū

mound / hillock / barrow

膨润土 péng rùn tǔ

bentonite (mineralogy)

土著 tǔ zhù

aboriginal

土葬 tǔ zàng

burial (in earth)

土豚 tǔ tún

aardvark

土豪 tǔ háo

local tyrant / local strong man / (slang) nouveau riche

黑钙土 hēi gài tǔ

chernozem / black earth

铝土矿 lǚ tǔ kuàng

bauxite / monohydrallite

铝土 lǚ tǔ

bauxite / aluminum ore

陕北黄土高原 shǎn běi huáng tǔ gāo yuán

Loess Plateau of Northern Shaanxi

陶土 táo tǔ

potter's clay / kaolin

土地改革 tǔ dì gǎi gé

land reform

黏土 nián tǔ