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

改 tǔ gǎi land reform; same as 土地改革[tu3 di4 gai3 ge2]
族 tǔ zú Tu or White Mongol ethnic group of Qinghai
温 tǔ wēn temperature of the soil
皇帝 tǔ huáng dì local tyrant
石流 tǔ shí liú (Tw) debris flow; mudslide
货 tǔ huò local produce
鳖 tǔ biē ground beetle; (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1], has never studied overseas; (dialect) country bumpkin
大兴木 dà xīng tǔ mù to carry out large scale construction
寸金 cùn tǔ cùn jīn land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
高岭 gāo lǐng tǔ kaolin (clay); china clay
三合 sān hé tǔ mortar; concrete; cement
不服水 bù fú shuǐ tǔ (of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place; not acclimatized
干旱 gān hàn tǔ Aridosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
乾旱 gān hàn tǔ Aridosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
干煸豆丝 gān biān tǔ dòu sī dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
乾煸豆絲 gān biān tǔ dòu sī dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
互助族自治县 hù zhù tǔ zú zì zhì xiàn Huzhu Tuzu Autonomous County in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hai3 dong1 di4 qu1], Qinghai
互助族自治縣 hù zhù tǔ zú zì zhì xiàn Huzhu Tuzu Autonomous County in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hai3 dong1 di4 qu1], Qinghai
五峰家族自治县 wǔ fēng tǔ jiā zú zì zhì xiàn Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei
五峰家族自治縣 wǔ fēng tǔ jiā zú zì zhì xiàn Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei
人为 rén wéi tǔ Anthrosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
人為 rén wéi tǔ Anthrosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
为安 rù tǔ wéi ān buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
為安 rù tǔ wéi ān buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡,水来掩 bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation