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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]
Example Sentences
1 shown粪 土 ！
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 土
moon of Saturn
lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
rare earth element
mound
Turkish (language)
water and soil
native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)
red soil
to carry out large scale construction
(of seeds etc) to fall to the ground
lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
potato
groundhog
Putog, former county 1983-1999 in Zogang county 左貢縣|左贡县[zuǒ gòng xiàn], Chamdo prefecture, Tibet
homeland
local wealthy landlord
a Turk
cheesy pick-up lines
layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit (archeology)
aboriginal
layer of soil
to break ground (prior to building sth)
mashed potato
legendary land of hermits
local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) (same as 土地公|土地公[tǔ dì gōng])
Sino-Turkish
Tumed right banner, Mongolian Tümed baruun khoshuu, in Baotou 包頭|包头[bāo tóu], Inner Mongolia
earth God
rammer
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
hot and sour shredded potato
Xiushan Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality
bandit
julienned potato
dill seed
excavator
ground breaking ceremony
ashen-faced (idiom)
land use plan (official P.R.C. government term)
mound
farmland
potato chips
dirty soil
Tuku town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
mound
earth-moving machine
Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei
Francisella tularensis
local specialty
to earth up
head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
local accent
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
mud brick
alkaline soil
to hate to leave a place where one has lived long
indigenous person
Rutog county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Ru thog rdzong
duty to defend the country (idiom)
potter's clay
local god
heaven and earth (idiom)
Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate
gleysol (soil taxonomy)
to heap earth (to close a tomb)
clay ox
Turkestan
anthrosol (soil taxonomy)
earthen levee
locally born and bred
embankment or foothpath between paddy fields
Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西寧|西宁[xī níng], Qinghai
traditional method
bauxite
rustic
fireproof stone
homeland security
concrete
(of a taste or smell) earthy
(coll.) rustic
local policy
local produce
to plow (loosen the soil)
temperature of the soil
bauxite
permafrost
Youyang Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality
waste soil (excavation waste, contaminated soil etc)
Rutog county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Ru thog rdzong
burial (in earth)
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
primosol (soil taxonomy)
Turkish döner kebab
produced locally
Yinjiang Tujia and Hmong autonomous county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[tóng rén dì qū], Guizhou
vernacular
raw opium
(TCM) folk remedy
homemade
alkaline earth (i.e. beryllium Be 鈹|铍, magnesium Mg 鎂|镁, calcium Ca 鈣|钙, strontium Sr 鍶|锶, barium Ba 鋇|钡 and radium Ra 鐳|镭)
aardvark
red brick clay
gneiss
land reform
permafrost
soil
alkaline soil
see 鯪|鲮[líng]
Pengshui Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality
bentonite (mineralogy)
unsophisticated
natural conditions and social customs of a place
face to the ground, back to the sky
fertile land
territory
Tu or White Mongol ethnic group of Qinghai
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
Tumed left banner, Mongolian Tümed züün khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特[hū hé hào tè], Inner Mongolia
vertisol (soil taxonomy)
Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality
combining native and foreign methods
earthwork
Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
dialect
Saturn (planet)
turquoise (gemstone) (loanword)
to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
mortar
Tucson (city in Arizona)
sun-dried mudbrick; adobe brick
scoundrel with an honest demeanor
local tyrant
Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), formed in 1998
Loess Plateau of northwest China
local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
rustic
land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
Toulon (city in France)
aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), a small insectivorous relative of the hyena
Turkey
land resources
(US) Department of Homeland Security
ground beetle
hillbilly
plowed earth
to bury
earthenware
scorched earth
Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei
(agr.) immature soil
homespun cloth
andosol (soil taxonomy)
Minhe Hui and Tu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai
country's territory
rammed earth
Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website
native country; one's homeland
isohumisol (soil taxonomy)
territorial integrity
dust
aardvark
surface soil
cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement)
rare earth (chemistry)
earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
topsoil
sandy soil
temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神[tǔ dì shén] and the god of cereals
the East
see 馬鮫魚|马鲛鱼[mǎ jiāo yú]
excavator
subsoil
excavated soil and rock
to look upon as dirt
building
pedology (soil study)
Changyang Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei
rare earth element (chemistry)
Tuku town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
Turkmenistan
clay
Australia (slang term reflecting a perception of Australia as something of a backwater)
dirty soil
civil engineering
traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multistory circular structure built around a central shrine
loam
dirt road
Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in northwest Hunan, capital Jishou 吉首[jí shǒu]
ashen-faced (idiom)
sliced bread (loanword from \toast\)
country bumpkin
Formosan mountain dog, a breed native to Taiwan
bulldozer
Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
heated brick common bed
Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
one's native country
lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
halosol (soil taxonomy)
territory
(neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items)
land reform
local faction
native soil
permafrost
Yanhe Tujia autonomous county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[tóng rén dì qū], Guizhou
freshly dug up earth
country bumpkin
local conditions and customs (idiom)
dust
one's body as wood and earth
to regard as useless
kaolin (clay)
reinforced concrete
frozen earth
domestic and foreign
to guard one's territory
Putog, former county 1983-1999 in Zogang county 左貢縣|左贡县[zuǒ gòng xiàn], Chamdo prefecture, Tibet
happy place
geotechnical engineering
argosol (soil taxonomy)
to localize
french fries
(of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place
local tyrant
Turkmen (person)
dust
aridisol (soil taxonomy)
loess landform
see 香附[xiāng fù]
silt (geology)
mudslide
clay animation
native dog
Khartoum, capital of Sudan
soil conservation
native
Enceladus (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn II
civil engineering
humus (topsoil of decayed vegetation)
ferralsol (soil taxonomy)
free-range chicken
to dig up
cambisol (soil taxonomy)
earth; soil; mud; clay
lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)
ferrosol (soil taxonomy)
ashen-faced (idiom)
buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
turquoise (gemstone) (loanword)
earth dam
Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion)
to break ground
Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer (c. 275) by Shen Ying 沈瑩|沈莹
histosol (soil taxonomy)
Turkmenistan
land
not acclimatized
to collapse
(coll.) commie (derog., used by the KMT)
Turkish delight
extremely kitsch
Titan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI
(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)
earthen kiln
Pure Land Buddhism
Huzhu Tuzu Autonomous County in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai