土 tǔ

  1. 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')
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  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).
  5. 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)
  6. tǔ noun ground
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 地 (Kroll 2015 '土' 1a).
  7. 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)
  8. tǔ noun god of the soil
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '土' 3)
  9. 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)
  10. tǔ adjective unrefined; rustic; crude
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '土' 5)
  11. 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)
  12. 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)

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土木堡之变 、 喀土穆 、 土库镇 、 土木之役 、 土语

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