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

兵來將擋,水來掩 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
兵来将敌,水来堰 bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵來將敵,水來堰 bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
dòng tǔ frozen earth; permafrost; tundra
层 dòng tǔ céng permafrost; tundra; layer of frozen soil
層 dòng tǔ céng permafrost; tundra; layer of frozen soil
dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth); to start building
印江家族苗族自治县 yìn jiāng tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn Yinjiang Tujia and Hmong autonomous county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou
印江家族苗族自治縣 yìn jiāng tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn Yinjiang Tujia and Hmong autonomous county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou
重來 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
chī tǔ (neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items)
guó tǔ country's territory; national land
安全 guó tǔ ān quán homeland security
安全 guó tǔ ān quán homeland security
安全局 guó tǔ ān quán jú Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
安全局 guó tǔ ān quán jú Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
安全部 guó tǔ ān quán bù (US) Department of Homeland Security
安全部 guó tǔ ān quán bù (US) Department of Homeland Security
资源部 guó tǔ zī yuán bù Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), formed in 1998
資源部 guó tǔ zī yuán bù Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), formed in 1998
倫 tǔ lún Toulon (city in France)
共 tǔ gòng (coll.) commie (derog., used by the KMT); CCP, the party of the people (used by CCP supporters); pro-Beijing camp (HK); (abbr.) Communist Party of Turkey; Communist Party of Turkmenistan
到不行 tǔ dào bù xíng old-fashioned; extremely kitsch
力工程 tǔ lì gōng chéng geotechnical engineering
味情话 tǔ wèi qíng huà cheesy pick-up lines