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本土

běn tǔ

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

本土 (běn tǔ) means "one's native country; native; local". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 本土 means

1. one's native country
2. native
3. local
4. metropolitan territory

The characters in 本土

• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 土tǔearth; dust; clay

Example sentences

• 放眼全球，立足本土。
  Think global, act local.

Words starting with 本土

• 本土化běn tǔ huàto localize; localization
• 本土派běn tǔ pàilocal faction; pro-localization faction (in Taiwanese politics)

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