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
- 炸土豆片 potato chips; crisps; fried potato
- 土地公 Tudi Gong
- 掘土机(掘土機) excavator
- 瘠土 barren ground
- 土耳其软糖(土耳其軟糖) Turkish delight; Lokum
- 土葬 burial (in earth)
- 土耳其里拉 Turkish lira
- 坋土 silt
- 泥土 earth; soil; clay
- 兵来将挡,水来土掩(兵來將擋,水來土掩) counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir; different situations call for different action
- 土层(土層) layer of soil; ground level
- 永冻土层(永凍土層) permafrost
- 大兴土木(大興土木) to carry out large scale construction
- 皇天后土 Emperor of Heaven and Lord of Earth
- 心土 subsoil
- 土鸡(土雞) free-range chicken
- 土豚 aardvark
- 稀土金属(稀土金屬) rare earth element
- 土埂 embankment or foothpath between paddy fields
- 土壤 soil ; land
- 守土有责(守土有責) duty to defend the country
- 灰头土脸(灰頭土臉) head and face filthy with grime; covered in dirt; dejected and depressed
- 土头土脑(土頭土腦) rustic; uncouth; unsophisticated
- 水土保持 soil conservation
- 土温(土溫) temperature of the soil
- 骑土(騎土) knight; chevallier; chivalrous
- 梵土 India
- 土木工程 Civil Engineering
- 土卫(土衛) moon of Saturn
- 雏形土(雛形土) Cambosols
- 土楼(土樓) traditional Hakka communal residence
- 沙土 sandy soil
- 土娼 a personal escort; a personal prostitute
- 铁铝土(鐵鋁土) Ferralosols
- 炸土豆条(炸土豆條) french fries; (hot) potato chips
- 土政策 local policy; regional regulations
- 土曜 Saturday
- 土制(土製) homemade; earthen
- 土壤学(土壤學) pedology (soil study)
- 土石方 excavated soil and rock; construction spoil
- 土囊 a large hole ; a sack of dirt
- 英国海外领土(英國海外領土) British Overseas Territory
- 土猪(土豬) aardvark
Also contained in
土库曼 、 土库 、 酉阳土家族苗族自治县 、 土桑 、 日土 、 土默特右旗 、 土谷祠 、 土库镇
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 土宜 (土宜) 則使毋失其土宜 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2