土
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Definitions
- 1. earth
- 2. dust
- 3. clay
- 4. local
- 5. indigenous
- 6. crude opium
- 7. unsophisticated
- 8. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[bā yīn]
Words Containing 土
to dig up
country's territory
bandit
land
local god
soil
locally born and bred
one's native country
earth; soil; mud; clay
concrete
territory
local conditions and customs (idiom)
mortar
(of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place
Sino-Turkish
aridisol (soil taxonomy)
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
Huzhu Tuzu Autonomous County in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai
Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei
anthrosol (soil taxonomy)
to bury
buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
frozen earth
permafrost
to break ground (prior to building sth)
Yinjiang Tujia and Hmong autonomous county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[tóng rén dì qū], Guizhou
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
(neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items)
Khartoum, capital of Sudan
homeland security
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
(US) Department of Homeland Security
Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), formed in 1998
mound
native
Toulon (city in France)
(coll.) commie (derog., used by the KMT)
extremely kitsch
geotechnical engineering
country bumpkin
sliced bread (loanword from \toast\)
cheesy pick-up lines
earthenware
Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion)
land use plan (official P.R.C. government term)
land reform
local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) (same as 土地公|土地公[tǔ dì gōng])
land resources
earthen levee
mud brick
embankment or foothpath between paddy fields
Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
mound
sun-dried mudbrick; adobe brick
pedology (soil study)
earth dam
Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
layer of soil
mound
to collapse
homespun cloth
Tuku town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
Turkmenistan
Turkmen (person)
Turkmenistan
Tuku town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
civil engineering
(coll.) rustic
Francisella tularensis
groundhog
land reform
local policy
cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement)
(TCM) folk remedy
earthwork
Tu or White Mongol ethnic group of Qinghai
Saturn (planet)
building
civil engineering
earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
one's body as wood and earth
Tucson (city in Arizona)
traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multistory circular structure built around a central shrine
rustic
traditional method
domestic and foreign
combining native and foreign methods
combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
temperature of the soil
Australia (slang term reflecting a perception of Australia as something of a backwater)
heated brick common bed
Turkestan
clay ox
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
local specialty
native dog
aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), a small insectivorous relative of the hyena
produced locally
local tyrant
excavated soil and rock
mudslide
earth God
temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神[tǔ dì shén] and the god of cereals
earthen kiln
hillbilly
Turkey
a Turk
Turkish döner kebab
turquoise (gemstone) (loanword)
turquoise (gemstone) (loanword)
Turkish (language)
Turkish delight
(of a taste or smell) earthy
dill seed
aboriginal
indigenous person
burial (in earth)
moon of Saturn
Enceladus (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn II
Titan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI
unsophisticated
homemade
vernacular
dialect
mashed potato
julienned potato
Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website
aardvark
local tyrant
local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
aardvark
local wealthy landlord
local produce
dirt road
native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)
Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate
lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
free-range chicken
local accent
rustic
see 香附[xiāng fù]
see 馬鮫魚|马鲛鱼[mǎ jiāo yú]
see 鯪|鲮[líng]
ground beetle
Tumed right banner, Mongolian Tümed baruun khoshuu, in Baotou 包頭|包头[bāo tóu], Inner Mongolia
Tumed left banner, Mongolian Tümed züün khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特[hū hé hào tè], Inner Mongolia
isohumisol (soil taxonomy)
silt (geology)
to earth up
dust
plowed earth
layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit (archeology)
loam
to carry out large scale construction
Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西寧|西宁[xī níng], Qinghai
rammed earth
rammer
to guard one's territory
duty to defend the country (idiom)
to hate to leave a place where one has lived long
ferrosol (soil taxonomy)
land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
to heap earth (to close a tomb)
gneiss
waste soil (excavation waste, contaminated soil etc)
Pengshui Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality
subsoil
Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei
excavator
excavator
bulldozer
lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
native country; one's homeland
freshly dug up earth
primosol (soil taxonomy)
Rutog county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Ru thog rdzong
Rutog county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Ru thog rdzong
histosol (soil taxonomy)
to localize
local faction
the East
happy place
Minhe Hui and Tu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai
water and soil
not acclimatized
soil conservation
permafrost
permafrost
fertile land
sandy soil
Yanhe Tujia autonomous county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[tóng rén dì qū], Guizhou
topsoil
argosol (soil taxonomy)
(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)
Pure Land Buddhism
Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in northwest Hunan, capital Jishou 吉首[jí shǒu]