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

WORDS

层 tǔ céng layer of soil; ground level
葬 tǔ zàng burial (in earth)
chū tǔ to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground
丘 tǔ qiū mound; hillock; barrow
产 tǔ chǎn produced locally; local product (with distinctive native features)
气 tǔ lǐ tǔ qì unsophisticated; rustic; uncouth
shuǐ tǔ water and soil; surface water; natural environment (extended meaning); climate
huī tǔ Spodosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy); dust
lǚ tǔ bauxite; aluminum ore
huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
话 tǔ huà vernacular; slang; dialect; patois
rè tǔ homeland; hot piece of real estate
库曼斯坦 tǔ kù màn sī tǎn Turkmenistan
xī tǔ rare earth (chemistry)
机 chǎn tǔ jī earth-moving machine; mechanical digger
穆 kā tǔ mù Khartoum, capital of Sudan
伦 tǔ lún Toulon (city in France)
地改革 tǔ dì gǎi gé land reform
布 tǔ bù homespun cloth
方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement); excavated soil; earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]); (TCM) folk remedy
法 tǔ fǎ traditional method
机 wā tǔ jī excavator; backhoe
化 běn tǔ huà to localize; localization
pò tǔ to break ground; to start digging; to plough; to break through the ground (of seedling); fig. the start of a building project
岗 tǔ gǎng mound; hillock