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

崩瓦解 tǔ bēng wǎ jiě to collapse; to fall apart
jìng tǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)
shā tǔ sandy soil
fèn tǔ dirty soil; dung; muck
táo tǔ potter's clay; kaolin
窑 tǔ yáo earthen kiln; loess cave
路 tǔ lù dirt road
dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth); to start building
gù tǔ native country; one's homeland
气 tǔ qì rustic; uncouth; unsophisticated
jiāng tǔ territory
xiāng tǔ native soil; one's native land; one's hometown; local (to an area)
nián tǔ clay
不服 shuǐ tǔ bù fú not acclimatized
jiāo tǔ scorched earth
hóng tǔ red soil; laterite
dòng tǔ frozen earth; permafrost; tundra
堆 tǔ duī mound
语 tǔ yǔ dialect; patois
豚 tǔ tún aardvark
挥金如 huī jīn rú tǔ lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom); fig. to spend money like water; extravagant
木 tǔ mù building; construction; civil engineering
特产 tǔ tè chǎn local specialty
wò tǔ fertile land
zhōng tǔ Sino-Turkish