| 土 | 172A55 11.11 | 部居  | 畫數 3 | ㄊㄨˇ [tu3] | ||
| N. | (1) Land: 國土 national territory; 疆土 ditto; 故土 home country; 守土有責 be responsible for guarding land from enemy; 皇天后土 Heaven and Earth (personified); 土地 [tu3di4]↓. (2) Soil, earth: 泥土 clay, mud; 沙土 sandy soil; 沃土 fertile soil; 黃土 yellow soil; 三合土 Chin. cement; 土崩瓦解 complete collapse, disintegration of authority or government structure; 土牛木馬 or 土雞瓦狗 shape without soul, completely useless persons. (3) Euphem. for opium: 運土 transportation of opium for profit; 煙土 opium. (4) Clay musical instrument. (5) One of the Five Elements (五行之一) or five modes of motion. (6) A surname. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Native, local, of or from the country: 土產 [tu3chan3]↓; forming many compp. meaning local, native, aboriginal, like 土風，土豪，土人，土布 see [tu3feng1]2, [tu3hao2], [tu3ren2], [tu3bu4], etc↓. (2) Earthen, made of earth: 土瓶 earthen jar; 土城 earthen city wall. (3) Uncouth, crude, rude, stubborn; 土性，土氣 [tu3xing4], [tu3qi4], etc.↓; 他打扮得好土 he dresses like a country bumpkin; 土頭土腦 bumptious, stupid and uncouth. | |||||
| Words | 1. 土包 [tu3bao1], n., (1) ([tu3zi0]) a coarse person, country bumpkin; (2) a pack of earth. 2. 土豹 [tu3bao4], n., a kind of wild cat, also called 猞猁孫[she4li1sun1]. 3. 土  [tu3bie1], n., a kind of ground insect (also known as 地).4. 土兵 [tu3bing1], n., local troops or recruits. 5. 土撥鼠 [tu3bo2shu3], n., the marmot. 6. 土布 [tu3bu4], n., homespun, coarse local cloth. 7. 土產 [tu2chan3], n., local product or produce. 8. 土娼 [tu3chang1], n., local prostitute. 9. 土常山 [tu3chang2shan1], n., (bot.) hydrangea. 10. 土城 [tu3cheng2], n., city wall made of clay or adobe. 11. 土氣 [tu3qi4], adj., rustic, lacking refinement, crass: 土氣十足, also 土裡土氣. 12. 土地 [tu3di4], n., land: 土地改革 land reform; 土地稅 land tax; 土地銀行 land bank; ([tu3di0]) earth god in charge of farms and vegetation: 土地神 earth god; 土地爺 ditto; 土地廟 earth god's temple. 13. 土堆 [tu3dui1], n., heap of earth, soil. 14. 土遁 [tu3dun4], v.i., (myth, certain spirits capable of) disappearing into the earth and becoming invisible. 15. 土耳其 [tu2er3qi2], n., Turkey. 16. 土法 [tu2fa3], n., local or native method of production. 17. 土方 [tu3fang1], n., recipe of folk medicine. 18. 土匪 [tu2fei3], n., bandit. 19. 土蜂 [tu3feng1]1, n., a kind of wasp, Discolia vittifrons. 20. 土風 [tu3feng1]2, n., local custom; 土風舞 local or aboriginal dance. 21. 土官 [tu3guan1], n., formerly, border chief sanctioned by the Chin. government, see [tu3si1]↓. 22. 土棍 [tu3gun4], n., local communists. 23. 土共 [tu3gong4], n., local communists. 24. 土豪 [tu3hao2], n., the local rich and influential class, esp. 土豪劣紳 phr., local oppressive rich gentry. 25. 土花 [tu3hua1], n., discolorations of antiques long buried underground. 26. 土話 [tu3hua4], n., patois, dialect. 27. 土貨 [tu3huo4], n., product of local industry; local produce. 28. 土芥 [tu3jie4], n., (LL) trifles. 29. 土著 [tu3zhu4], n., aborigines (also pr. [tu3zhuo2]). 30. 土螽 [tu3zhong1], n., an insect, Criotettix bispinosus. 31. 土炕 [tu3kang4], n., the [kang1], a built-in earthen bed in North China. 32. 土老兒 [tu3lao3er0], n., country bumpkin. 33. 土饅頭 [tu3man2tou0], n., (sarcastic) grave (“earthen bun”). 34. 土脈 [tu3mo4], n., veins of land, geologic strata. 35. 土末兒 [tu3mo4er0], n., powder of tea leaves. 36. 土木 [tu3mu4], n., construction activity; 土木工程 civil engineering. 37. 土偶 [tu3ou3], n., clay idol. 38. 土坯 [tu3pi1], n., unburnt brick. 39. 土壤 [tu2rang3], n., soil; land. 40. 土人 [tu3ren2], n., aborigines, natives. 41. 土色 [tu3se4], n. & adj., ashen color. 42. 土山（子） [tu3shan1]([zi0]), n., hill without rocks. 43. 土性 [tu3xing4], n., coarse, bumptious character. 44. 土星 [tu3xing1], n., (astron.) Saturn. 45. 土虛子 [tu3xU1zi0], n., see [tu3gun4]↑. 46. 土俗 [tu3su2], n., local custom. 47. 土司 [tu3si1], n., border government in charge of dealings with border tribes. 48. 土賊 [tu3ze2], n., see [tu3fei3]↑. 49. 土作 [tu3zuo4], n., mason’s and carpenter's work. 50. 土物 [tu3wu4], n., local product. 51. 土藥 [tu3yao4], n., native recipe, native medicine; domestic opium, dist. 洋藥 imported opium. 52. 土曜日 [tu3yao4ri4], n., Saturday. 53. 土音 [tu3yin1], n., dialect accent. 54. 土儀 [tu3yi2], n., gift of native products. 55. 土語 [tu2yU3], n., local, native language. | |||||