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)

Contained in

• 炸土豆片 potato chips; crisps; fried potato
• 土木 civil engineering
• 三合土 mortar; concrete; cement
• 土阶茅茨(土階茅茨) earthen steps and a thatched hut; frugal living conditions
• 土建 civil engineering
• 水土不服 not acclimatized
• 土家族 Tujiapeoplep
• 安土 live contented in one's native place ; live contented wherever one is
• 泥土 earth; soil; clay
• 土地平旷(土地平曠) a broad, flat area
• 干旱土(乾旱土) Aridosols
• 土财主(土財主) local wealthy landlord; country money-bags; rich provincial
• 土卫(土衛) moon of Saturn
• 土货(土貨) local produce
• 土生土长(土生土長) locally born and bred; indigenous; home-grown
• 卷土重来(卷土重來) to return in a swirl of dust; to regroup and come back even stronger; to make a comeback
• 土坯 mud brick; adobe; unfired earthenware
• 土囊 a large hole ; a sack of dirt
• 土地公 Tudi Gong
• 灰头土脸(灰頭土臉) head and face filthy with grime; covered in dirt; dejected and depressed
• 土牛木马(土牛木馬) clay ox, wooden horse; shape without substance; worthless object
• 脏土(髒土) dirty soil; muck; trash
• 土产(土產) produced locally; local product (with distinctive native features)
• 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
• 土卫二(土衛二) Enceladus
• 土山 a dirt mound
• 土壤盐化(土壤鹽化) soil salinization
• 黄土不露天(黃土不露天) a slogan used in reference to a project to improve greenery in some parts of Northern China
• 尘土(塵土) dust ; the mundane world
• 中土 China ; the Central Plains of China ; level ground
• 变性土(變性土) Vertosols
• 土得掉渣 rustic; uncouth
• 土地 territory ; soil; earth ; earth spirit; local spirit ; land
• 土路 dirt road
• 粘土 clay
• 废土(廢土) waste soil (excavation waste, contaminated soil etc); (post-apocalyptic) wasteland
• 土力工程 geotechnical engineering
• 土石流 debris flow; mudslide
• 土丘 mound; hillock; barrow
• 土制(土製) homemade; earthen
• 寸土寸金 land is extremely expensive (in that area)

Also contained in

日土 、 国土安全局 、 极乐国土 、 湘西土家族苗族自治州 、 石柱土家族自治县 、 清净土 、 秀山土家族苗族自治县 、 长阳土家族自治县 、 碧土 、 秽土

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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
• 桑土 (桑土) 徹彼桑土 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧鴟鴞 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Chi Xiao — 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
• 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
• 北土 (北土) 冀之北土 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2