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
- 中土 China ; the Central Plains of China ; level ground
- 土坎 an earthen levee
- 混凝土(混凝土) concrete
- 土地公 Tudi Gong
- 膨润土(膨潤土) bentonite
- 拓土开疆(拓土開疆) to open new territory
- 瘠土 barren ground
- 土木形骸 earth and wood framework; plain and undecorated body
- 脏土(髒土) dirty soil; muck; trash
- 土地资源(土地資源) land resources
- 茅室土阶(茅室土階) a thatched hut and earthen steps; a simple dwelling
- 不服水土 (of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place; not acclimatized
- 炸土豆条(炸土豆條) french fries; (hot) potato chips
- 新土 freshly dug up earth
- 土耳其石 turquoise (gemstone)
- 坋土 silt
- 土曜 Saturday
- 心土 subsoil
- 永冻土(永凍土) permafrost
- 土卫六(土衛六) Titan
- 粪土(糞土) dirty soil; dung; muck
- 土腔 regional accent
- 土洋 domestic and foreign
- 焦土政策 scorched-earth policy
- 土建 civil engineering
- 两坨土(兩坨土) two lumps of dirt
- 骑土(騎土) knight; chevallier; chivalrous
- 土茴香 dill seed
- 土味情话(土味情話) cheesy pick-up lines
- 土共 commie (derog., used by the KMT)
- 护土墙(護土牆) retaining wall
- 国土安全(國土安全) homeland security
- 干煸土豆丝(乾煸土豆絲) dry-fried potato slices
- 稀土 rare earth
- 火山灰土 Andosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
- 黄土高原(黃土高原) Loess Plateau of northwest China
- 土壤学(土壤學) pedology (soil study)
- 土木身 one's body as wood and earth; undecorated; unvarnished (truth)
- 铲土机(鏟土機) earth-moving machine; mechanical digger
- 土产(土產) produced locally; local product (with distinctive native features)
- 土鸡(土雞) free-range chicken
- 酸辣土豆丝(酸辣土豆絲) hot and sour shredded potato
- 土地 territory ; soil; earth ; earth spirit; local spirit ; land
- 领土(領土) territory
Also contained in
土库镇 、 土地利用规划 、 土桑 、 民和回族土族自治县 、 真腊风土记 、 印江土家族苗族自治县 、 大通回族土族自治县
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《土部》 Tǔ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 163
- 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
- 土功 (土功) 惟荒度土功 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 6
- 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: 4
- 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
- 土鼓 (土鼓) 蕢桴而土鼓 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮運》 Ceremonial Usages; their Origins, Development, and Intention — count: 2
- 土宇 (土宇) 爾土宇昄章 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧卷阿 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Juan A — count: 2
- 冢土 (冢土) 廼立冢土 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧緜 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Mian — count: 2
- 土上 (土上) 風為天於土上 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 2
- 祭土 (祭土) 諸侯祭土 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2