土 tǔ

soil, earth; items made of earth

HSK 5 #515

DEFINITIONS

土 tǔ
  • Tu (ethnic group)
  • surname Tu
  • earth
  • dust
  • clay
  • local
  • indigenous
  • crude opium
  • unsophisticated
  • one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

STROKES

土 stroke order diagram
土 stroke order animation

WORDS

土地 tǔ dì
HSK 5
land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
土地 tǔ di
HSK 5
local god; genius loci
土豆 tǔ dòu
HSK 5
potato; CL:個|个[ge4]; (Tw) peanut; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
领土 lǐng tǔ
HSK 6
territory
土壤 tǔ rǎng
HSK 6
soil
风土人情 fēng tǔ rén qíng
HSK 6
local conditions and customs (idiom)
国土 guó tǔ country's territory; national land
土耳其 tǔ ěr qí Turkey
泥土 ní tǔ earth; soil; mud; clay
本土 běn tǔ one's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory
尘土 chén tǔ dust
混凝土 hùn níng tǔ concrete
土豆泥 tǔ dòu ní mashed potato
土司 tǔ sī sliced bread (loanword from "toast"); government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
土匪 tǔ fěi bandit
入土 rù tǔ to bury; buried; interred
卷土重来 juǎn tǔ chóng lái lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom); fig. to regroup and come back even stronger; to make a comeback
推土机 tuī tǔ jī bulldozer
土拨鼠 tǔ bō shǔ groundhog
土生土长 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng locally born and bred; indigenous; home-grown
乐土 lè tǔ happy place; paradise; haven
土包子 tǔ bāo zi country bumpkin; boor; unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself); burial mound
土星 tǔ xīng Saturn (planet)
土耳其人 tǔ ěr qí rén a Turk; Turkish person
土人 tǔ rén native; aborigine; clay figure
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