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
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