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

• 碱性土(鹼性土) alkaline soil
• 土味情话(土味情話) cheesy pick-up lines
• 肥土 fertile ground
• 土法 traditional method
• 土地改革 land reform
• 土楼(土樓) traditional Hakka communal residence
• 面朝黄土背朝天(面朝黃土背朝天) face to the ground, back to the sky
• 整理土地 to organize land administration
• 生土 immature soil; virgin soil
• 水土 water and soil
• 护土墙(護土牆) retaining wall
• 土耳其软糖(土耳其軟糖) Turkish delight; Lokum
• 土猪(土豬) aardvark
• 土耳其人 a Turk; Turkish person
• 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
• 土炕 heated brick common bed
• 皇天后土 Emperor of Heaven and Lord of Earth
• 土俗 local customs
• 墓坑夯土层(墓坑夯土層) layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit
• 土壤学(土壤學) pedology (soil study)
• 土木形骸 earth and wood framework; plain and undecorated body
• 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
• 土坎 an earthen levee
• 土壤 soil ; land
• 土石方 excavated soil and rock; construction spoil
• 土卫二(土衛二) Enceladus
• 陶土 potter's clay; kaolin
• 粘土 clay
• 雏形土(雛形土) Cambosols
• 土著人 indigenous person; aboriginal
• 土话(土話) vernacular; slang; dialect
• 坚土(堅土) hard soil
• 干煸土豆丝(乾煸土豆絲) dry-fried potato slices
• 寸土 an inch of land
• 土崩瓦解 to collapse; to fall apart
• 炸土豆片 potato chips; crisps; fried potato
• 炸土豆条(炸土豆條) french fries; (hot) potato chips
• 吃土
• 土拨鼠(土撥鼠) groundhog
• 拓土开疆(拓土開疆) to open new territory
• 寸土必争(寸土必爭) fight for every inch of land

Also contained in

土城市 、 碧土 、 日土县 、 土语 、 秀山土家族苗族自治县 、 长阳土家族自治县 、 土默特左旗 、 土木堡之变 、 土桑 、 土木之变

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
• 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
• 王土 (王土) 莫非王土 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧北山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Bei Shan — 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