土 tǔ
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tǔ
noun
earth; soil; dirt
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
Notes: In the sense of 土壤 or a mixture of sand and soil; measure words: 层 layer or 块 piece (Kroll 2015 '土' 1; Guoyu '土' n 1; NCCED '土' 1; Sun 2006, loc. 1377; Unihan '土') -
tǔ
noun
Kangxi radical 32
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Earth radical (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '土' n 5) -
tǔ
adjective
local; indigenous; native
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 土产 'local product' (Guoyu '土' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '土' 2a; NCCED '土' 4) -
tǔ
noun
land; territory
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 土地 of 地域 (Kroll 2015 '土' 1b; Guoyu '土' n 2; NCCED '土' 1). -
tǔ
noun
earth element
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: One of the 五行 'five elements' of traditional Chinese thought (Guoyu '土' n 4; Kroll 2015 '土' 4; Sun 2006, loc. 1377) -
tǔ
noun
ground
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 地 (Kroll 2015 '土' 1a). -
tǔ
noun
homeland
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 乡里 (Kroll 2015 '土' 2; Guoyu '土' n 3; NCCED '土' 3) -
tǔ
noun
god of the soil
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '土' 3) -
tǔ
noun
a category of musical instrument
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: One of the eight categories of musical instruments (Kroll 2015 '土' 5) -
tǔ
adjective
unrefined; rustic; crude
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '土' 5) -
tǔ
proper noun
Tujia people
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Asia , Concept: Ethnic Group 民族
Notes: An abbreviation for 土家族 (NCCED '土' tǔ 1) -
tǔ
proper noun
Tu People; Monguor
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Asia , Concept: Ethnic Group 民族
Notes: An abbreviation for 土族 (NCCED '土' tǔ 2)
Contained in
- 土层(土層) layer of soil; ground level
- 表土 topsoil
- 土地资源(土地資源) land resources
- 寸土寸金 land is extremely expensive (in that area)
- 土洋并举(土洋並舉) combining native and foreign methods
- 土族 Tu People; Monguor
- 兵来将敌，水来土堰(兵來將敵，水來土堰) counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir; different situations call for different action
- 土气(土氣) rustic; uncouth; unsophisticated
- 钢筋混凝土(鋼筋混凝土) reinforced concrete
- 永冻土层(永凍土層) permafrost
- 土娼 a personal escort; a personal prostitute
- 稀土元素 rare earth element
- 土豪 local tyrant; local strong man ; nouveau riche
- 培土 to earth up
- 动土(動土) to break ground (prior to building sth); to start building
- 土墩 a mound
- 吃土
- 碱土 alkaline soil
- 黏土动画(黏土動畫) clay animation; Claymation
- 整理土地 to organize land administration
- 破土典礼(破土典禮) ground breaking ceremony
- 土豆泥 mashed potato
- 炸土豆条(炸土豆條) french fries; (hot) potato chips
- 土崩瓦解 to collapse; to fall apart
- 永久冻土(永久凍土) permafrost
- 土狼 aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), a small insectivorous relative of the hyena
- 尘土(塵土) dust ; the mundane world
- 土方子 folk remedy
- 炸土豆片 potato chips; crisps; fried potato
- 新土 freshly dug up earth
- 土囊 a large hole ; a sack of dirt
- 土木身 one's body as wood and earth; undecorated; unvarnished (truth)
- 国土(國土) territory; country
- 土温(土溫) temperature of the soil
- 土阶茅茨(土階茅茨) earthen steps and a thatched hut; frugal living conditions
- 寸土必争(寸土必爭) fight for every inch of land
- 掘土机(掘土機) excavator
- 土耳其人 a Turk; Turkish person
- 土块(土塊) a lump of dirt
- 土库曼人(土庫曼人) Turkmen (person)
- 故土 native country; one's homeland
- 土壤学(土壤學) pedology (soil study)
Also contained in
土木之变 、 土库曼 、 湘西土家族苗族自治州 、 喀土穆 、 恩施土家族苗族自治州 、 粤北土话 、 台湾土狗 、 土默特右旗 、 真腊风土记
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《土部》 Tǔ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 164
- 卷三百十四 列傳第二百〇二 雲南土司二 Volume 314 Biographies 202: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 98
- 卷三百十一 列傳第一百九十九 四川土司一 Volume 311 Biographies 199: Sichuan Tribal Headmen 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 91
- 卷三百十八 列傳第二百〇六 廣西土司二 Volume 318 Biographies 206: Guangxi Tribal Headmen 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 88
- 卷三百十三 列傳第二百〇一 雲南土司一 Volume 313 Biographies 201: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 88
- 卷三百十七 列傳第二百〇五 廣西土司一 Volume 317 Biographies 205: Guangxi Tribal Headmen 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 80
- 卷四十三上 志第三十三上 地理七上 Volume 43a Treatises 37: Gepgraphy 7a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 68
- 卷三百十九 列傳第二百〇七 廣西土司三 Volume 319 Biographies 207: Guangxi Tribal Headmen 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 64
- 卷四十一 志第三十一 地理五 Volume 41 Treatises 35: Gepgraphy 5 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 64
- 卷三百十五 列傳第二百〇三 雲南土司三 Volume 315 Biographies 203: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 56
Collocations
- 践土 (踐土) 莒子盟于踐土 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 14
- 西土 (西土) 西土有眾 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓中 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration II — count: 11
- 土田 (土田) 徹申伯土田 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧崧高 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Song Gao — count: 10
- 土功 (土功) 惟荒度土功 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 5
- 南土 (南土) 莫如南土 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧崧高 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Song Gao — count: 3
- 后土 (後土) 告于皇天後土 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 武成 Zhou Shu - Successful Completion of the War — count: 3
- 曰土 (曰土) 五曰土 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 2
- 土齐 (土齊) 是則土齊也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2
- 狄土 (狄土) 以略狄土 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2
- 土物 (土物) 惟曰我民迪小子惟土物愛 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 酒誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement about Drunkenness — count: 2