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土

tǔ

HSK 5 Character

What 土 means

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}

Other readings

土 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Tǔsurname Tu; Tu ethnic group

Example sentences

• 那是土星。
  That is Saturn.
• 土星有光环。
  Saturn has rings.
• 我喜欢土豆。
  I like potatoes.
• 我要几个土豆。
  I want some potatoes.
• 土豆很便宜的。
  Potatoes are very cheap.
• 把土豆切一下。
  Cut the potatoes.

Words starting with 土

• 土地tǔ dìland; soil; territory
• 土豆tǔ dòupotato; (Taiwan) peanut
• 土壤tǔ rǎngsoil
• 土耳其Tǔ ěr qíTurkey
• 土匪tǔ fěibandit
• 土路tǔ lùdirt road
• 土司tǔ sīsliced bread (loanword from "toast"); government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in…
• 土话tǔ huàvernacular; slang; dialect
• 土木tǔ mùbuilding; construction; civil engineering
• 土生土长tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng(idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality…
• 土改tǔ gǎiland reform (abbr. for 土地改革
• 土气tǔ qìrustic; uncouth; unsophisticated
• 土特产tǔ tè chǎnlocal specialty
• 土家Tǔ jiāTujia ethnic group
• 土人tǔ rénnative; aborigine; clay figure
• 土堆tǔ duīmound
• 土星Tǔ xīngSaturn (planet)
• 土布tǔ bùhomespun cloth
• 土家族Tǔ jiā zúTujia ethnic group
• 土产tǔ chǎnproduced locally; local product (with distinctive native features)
• 土木工程tǔ mù gōng chéngcivil engineering
• 土地改革tǔ dì gǎi géland reform
• 土坯tǔ pīmud brick; adobe; unfired earthenware
• 土语tǔ yǔdialect; patois

Words containing 土

• 领土lǐng tǔterritory
• 风土人情fēng tǔ rén qínglocal conditions and customs (idiom)
• 本土běn tǔone's native country; native; local
• 泥土ní tǔearth; soil; mud; clay
• 国土guó tǔcountry's territory; national land
• 尘土chén tǔdust
• 出土chū tǔto dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed
• 黄土huáng tǔloess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
• 净土Jìng tǔ(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate…
• 乡土xiāng tǔnative soil; one's native land; one's hometown
• 混凝土hùn níng tǔconcrete (building material)
• 水土shuǐ tǔwater and soil; surface water; natural environment (extended meaning)
• 故土gù tǔnative country; one's homeland
• 沙土shā tǔsandy soil
• 本土化běn tǔ huàto localize; localization
• 乐土lè tǔhappy place; paradise; haven
• 卷土重来juǎn tǔ chóng láilit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom); fig. to regroup and come back even stronger…
• 灰头土脸huī tóu tǔ liǎnhead and face filthy with grime (idiom); covered in dirt; dejected and depressed
• 冻土dòng tǔfrozen earth; permafrost; tundra
• 推土机tuī tǔ jībulldozer
• 水土不服shuǐ tǔ bù fúnot acclimatized
• 黄土高原Huáng tǔ Gāo yuánLoess Plateau of northwest China
• 粪土fèn tǔdirty soil; dung and dirt; (fig.) worthless thing
• 入土rù tǔto bury; buried; interred

Characters that look like 土

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 王wángking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand

Sounds the same

Read tǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 吐to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say
• 钍thorium (chemistry)
• 𬶂used in 𩵚魠魚