土 tou² {tǔ}

lame; old fashioned

土 tou² {tǔ}

1. earth
2. dust
3. clay
4. local
5. indigenous
6. crude opium
7. unsophisticated
8. one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音

土 tou² {Tǔ}

1. Tu (ethnic group)
2. surname Tu

土地 tou² dei⁶ {tǔ di}

(noun) land

土匪 tou² fei² {tǔfěi}

(noun) Theft

土方 tou² fong¹ {tǔ fāng}

Hijikata, a japanese surname

土共 tou² gung⁶ {tǔ gòng}

Locals in Hong Kong who support the Chinese Communist Party

土氣〔-气〕 tou² hei³ {tǔqì}

(noun) Village-style; (adjective) 1. Outmoded

土魷〔-鱿〕 tou² jau⁴ {tǔ yóu}

dried squid

土佬 tou² lou² {tǔ lǎo}

a hillbilly

土炮 tou² paau³ {tǔ páo}

homemade weapons; locally made

土壩〔-坝〕 tou² baa³ {tǔ bà}

1. earth dam
2. dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete)

土鱉〔-鳖〕 tou² bit³ {tǔ biē}

1. ground beetle
2. (dialect) country bumpkin

土邦 tou² bong¹ {tǔ bāng}

native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)

土布 tou² bou³ {tǔ bù}

homespun cloth

土產〔-产〕 tou² caan² {tǔ chǎn}

1. produced locally
2. local product (with distinctive native features)

土層〔-层〕 tou² cang⁴ {tǔ céng}

1. layer of soil
2. ground level

土豆 tou² dau² {tǔ dòu}

1. potato
2. CL: 個
3. (Tw) peanut
4. CL: 顆

土地 tou² dei⁶ {tǔ dì}

1. land
2. soil
3. territory
4. CL: 片,塊

土地 tou² dei⁶ {tǔ di}

1. local god
2. genius loci

土堆 tou² deoi¹ {tǔ duī}

mound

土法 tou² faat³ {tǔ fǎ}

traditional method

土匪 tou² fei² {tǔ fěi}

bandit

土貨〔-货〕 tou² fo³ {tǔ huò}

local produce

土庫〔-库〕 tou² fu³ {Tǔ kù}

Tuku town in Yunlin county 雲林縣, Taiwan

土雞〔-鸡〕 tou² gai¹ {tǔ jī}

free-range chicken

土埂 tou² gang² {tǔ gěng}

embankment or foothpath between paddy fields

土狗 tou² gau² {tǔ gǒu}

1. native dog
2. mole cricket (colloquial word for agricultural pest Gryllotalpa 螻蛄)

土建 tou² gin³ {tǔ jiàn}

1. civil engineering
2. same as 土木工程

土改 tou² goi² {tǔ gǎi}

1. land reform
2. same as 土地改革

土崗〔-岗〕 tou² gong¹ {tǔ gǎng}

1. mound
2. hillock

土坎 tou² ham² {tǔ kǎn}

earthen levee

土氣〔-气〕 tou² hei³ {tǔ qì}

1. rustic
2. uncouth
3. unsophisticated

土豪 tou² hou⁴ {tǔ háo}

1. local tyrant
2. local strong man
3. (slang) nouveau riche

土人 tou² jan⁴ {tǔ rén}

1. native
2. aborigine
3. clay figure

土丘 tou² jau¹ {tǔ qiū}

1. mound
2. hillock
3. barrow

土窯〔-窑〕 tou² jiu⁴ {tǔ yáo}

1. earthen kiln
2. loess cave

土壤 tou² joeng⁶ {tǔ rǎng}

soil

土語〔-语〕 tou² jyu⁵ {tǔ yǔ}

1. dialect
2. patois

土炕 tou² kong³ {tǔ kàng}

heated brick common bed

土樓〔-楼〕 tou² lau⁴ {tǔ lóu}

traditional communal residence, usually of circular shape, found in Fujian province

土倫〔-伦〕 tou² leon⁴ {Tǔ lún}

Toulon (city in France)

土狼 tou² long⁴ {tǔ láng}

aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), a small insectivorous relative of the hyena

土路 tou² lou⁶ {tǔ lù}

dirt road

土木 tou² muk⁶ {tǔ mù}

1. building
2. construction
3. civil engineering

土門〔-门〕 tou² mun⁴ {Tǔ mén}

Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate

土牛 tou² ngau⁴ {tǔ niú}

1. clay ox
2. mound of earth on a dike (ready for emergency repairs)

土坯 tou² pui¹ {tǔ pī}

1. mud brick
2. adobe
3. unfired earthenware

土神 tou² san⁴ {tǔ shén}

earth God

土司 tou² si¹ {tǔ sī}

1. sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
2. government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties

土星 tou² sing¹ {Tǔ xīng}

Saturn (planet)

土城 tou² sing⁴ {Tǔ chéng}

Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

土桑 tou² song¹ {Tǔ sāng}

Tucson (city in Arizona)

土豚 tou² tyun⁴ {tǔ tún}

aardvark

土話〔-话〕 tou² waa⁶ {tǔ huà}

1. vernacular
2. slang
3. dialect
4. patois

土溫〔-温〕 tou² wan¹ {tǔ wēn}

temperature of the soil

土製〔-制〕 tou² zai³ {tǔ zhì}

locally manufactured

土葬 tou² zong³ {tǔ zàng}

burial (in earth)

土族 tou² zuk⁶ {Tǔ zú}

Tu or White Mongol ethnic group of Qinghai

土豬〔-猪〕 tou² zyu¹ {tǔ zhū}

aardvark

土著 tou² zyu³ {tǔ zhù}

aboriginal

土地稅〔--税〕 tou² dei⁶ seoi³ {tǔ dì shuì}

Land tax

土瓜灣〔--湾〕 tou² gwaa¹ waan⁴ {tǔ guā wān}

To Kwa Wan, a district in central Kowloon, Hong Kong

土霉素 tou² mui⁴ sou³ {tǔ méi sù}

Oxytetracycline

土專家〔-专-〕 tou² zyun¹ gaa¹ {tǔ zhuān jiā}

Soil experts; self-taught experts

土鯪魚〔-鲮鱼〕 {tǔlíngyú}

mud carp (Cirrhina molitorella)

土包子 tou² baau¹ zi² {tǔ bāo zi}

1. country bumpkin
2. boor
3. unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself)
4. burial mound

土撥鼠〔-拨-〕 tou² but⁶ syu² {tǔ bō shǔ}

groundhog

土財主〔-财-〕 tou² coi⁴ zyu² {tǔ cái zhǔ}

1. local wealthy landlord
2. country money-bags
3. rich provincial

土特產〔--产〕 tou² dak⁶ caan² {tǔ tè chǎn}

local specialty

土豆網〔--网〕 tou² dau⁶ mong⁵ {Tǔ dòu Wǎng}

Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website

土豆泥 tou² dau⁶ nai⁴ {tǔ dòu ní}

mashed potato

土豆絲〔--丝〕 tou² dau⁶ si¹ {tǔ dòu sī}

julienned potato

土地公 tou² dei⁶ gung¹ {tǔ dì gōng}

Tudi Gong, the God of the earth

土庫曼〔-库-〕 tou² fu³ maan⁶ {Tǔ kù màn}

1. Turkmenistan
2. Republic of Turkmenistan, former Soviet republic adjoining Iran

土庫鎮〔-库镇〕 tou² fu³ zan³ {Tǔ kù zhèn}

Tuku town in Yunlin county 雲林縣, Taiwan

土家族 tou² gaa¹ zuk⁶ {Tǔ jiā zú}

Tujia ethnic group of Hunan

土穀祠〔-谷-〕 tou² guk¹ ci⁴ {tǔ gǔ cí}

local monastery

土耳其 tou² ji⁵ kei⁴ {Tǔ ěr qí}

Turkey

土曜日 tou² jiu⁶ jat⁶ {Tǔ yào rì}

Saturday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)

土壤學〔--学〕 tou² joeng⁶ hok⁶ {tǔ rǎng xué}

pedology (soil study)

土老帽 tou² lou⁵ mou² {tǔ lǎo mào}

1. hillbilly
2. yokel
3. redneck
4. bumpkin

土木身 tou² muk⁶ san¹ {tǔ mù shēn}

1. one's body as wood and earth
2. undecorated
3. unvarnished (truth)

土石流 tou² sek⁶ lau⁴ {tǔ shí liú}

1. (Tw) debris flow
2. mudslide

土城市 tou² sing⁴ si⁵ {Tǔ chéng shì}

Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

土衛二〔-卫-〕 tou² wai⁶ ji⁶ {Tǔ wèi èr}

Enceladus (moon of Saturn)

土衛六〔-卫-〕 tou² wai⁶ luk⁶ {tǔ wèi liù}

1. Titan
2. Saturn's sixth moon

土皇帝 tou² wong⁴ dai³ {tǔ huáng dì}

local tyrant

土茴香 tou² wui⁴ hoeng¹ {tǔ huí xiāng}

dill seed

土政策 tou² zing³ caak³ {tǔ zhèng cè}

1. local policy
2. regional regulations

土著人 tou² zyu³ jan⁴ {tǔ zhù rén}

1. indigenous person
2. aboriginal

土生葡人 tou² sang¹ pou⁴ jan⁴ {tǔ shēng Pú rén}

Portuguese who were born in Macau

土崩瓦解 tou² bang¹ ngaa⁵ gaai² {tǔ bēng wǎ jiě}

1. to collapse
2. to fall apart

土得掉渣 tou² dak¹ diu⁶ zaa¹ {tǔ de diào zhā}

1. (coll.) rustic
2. uncouth

土地改革 tou² dei⁶ goi² gaak³ {tǔ dì gǎi gé}

land reform

土地資源〔--资-〕 tou² dei⁶ zi¹ jyun⁴ {tǔ dì zī yuán}

land resources

土到不行 tou² dou³ bat¹ hang⁴ {tǔ dào bù xíng}

1. old-fashioned
2. extremely kitsch

土庫曼人〔-库--〕 tou² fu³ maan⁶ jan⁴ {Tǔ kù màn rén}

Turkmen (person)

土階茅茨〔-阶--〕 tou² gaai¹ maau⁴ ci⁴ {tǔ jiē máo cí}

1. lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
2. frugal living conditions (idiom)

土階茅屋〔-阶--〕 tou² gaai¹ maau⁴ uk¹ {tǔ jiē máo wū}

1. lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
2. frugal living conditions (idiom)

土豪劣紳〔---绅〕 tou² hou⁴ lyut³ san¹ {tǔ háo liè shēn}

local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia

土耳其人 tou² ji⁵ kei⁴ jan⁴ {Tǔ ěr qí rén}

1. a Turk
2. Turkish person

土耳其玉 tou² ji⁵ kei⁴ juk⁶ {Tǔ ěr qí yù}

turquoise (gemstone) (loanword)

土耳其語〔---语〕 tou² ji⁵ kei⁴ jyu⁵ {Tǔ ěr qí yǔ}

Turkish (language)

土耳其石 tou² ji⁵ kei⁴ sek⁶ {Tǔ ěr qí shí}

turquoise (gemstone) (loanword)

土洋並舉〔--并举〕 tou² joeng⁴ bing³ geoi² {tǔ yáng bìng jǔ}

combining native and foreign methods

土洋結合〔--结-〕 tou² joeng⁴ git³ hap⁶ {tǔ yáng jié hé}

combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided

土裡土氣〔-里-气〕 tou² leoi⁵ tou² hei³ {tǔ lǐ tǔ qì}

1. unsophisticated
2. rustic
3. uncouth

土力工程 tou² lik⁶ gung¹ cing⁴ {tǔ lì gōng chéng}

geotechnical engineering

土木工程 tou² muk⁶ gung¹ cing⁴ {tǔ mù gōng chéng}

civil engineering

土木形骸 tou² muk⁶ jing⁴ haai⁴ {tǔ mù xíng hái}

earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body

土牛木馬〔---马〕 tou² ngau⁴ muk⁶ maa⁵ {tǔ niú mù mǎ}

1. clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
2. worthless object

土生土長〔---长〕 tou² sang¹ tou² zoeng² {tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng}

1. locally born and bred
2. indigenous
3. home-grown

土頭土腦〔-头-脑〕 tou² tau⁴ tou² nou⁵ {tǔ tóu tǔ nǎo}

1. rustic
2. uncouth
3. unsophisticated

土耳其斯坦 tou² ji⁵ kei⁴ si¹ taan² {tǔ ěr qí sī tǎn}

Turkestan

土庫曼斯坦〔-库---〕 tou² fu³ maan⁶ si¹ taan² {Tǔ kù màn sī tǎn}

Turkmenistan

土耳其軟糖〔---软-〕 tou² ji⁵ kei⁴ jyun⁵ tong² {Tǔ ěr qí ruǎn táng}

1. Turkish delight
2. Lokum

土爾其斯坦〔-尔---〕 tou² ji⁵ kei⁴ si¹ taan² {Tǔ ěr qí sī tǎn}

Turkestan

土拉弗氏菌 tou² laai¹ fat¹ si⁶ kwan² {tǔ lā fú shì jūn}

Francisella tularensis

土默特右旗 tou² mak⁶ dak⁶ jau⁶ kei⁴ {Tǔ mò tè yòu qí}

Tumed right banner, Mongolian Tümed baruun khoshuu, in Baotou 包頭, Inner Mongolia

土默特左旗 tou² mak⁶ dak⁶ zo² kei⁴ {Tǔ mò tè zuǒ qí}

Tumed left banner, Mongolian Tümed züün khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特, Inner Mongolia

土地利用規劃〔----规划〕 tou² dei⁶ lei⁶ jung⁶ kwai¹ waak⁶ {tǔ dì lì yòng guī huà}

land use plan (official P.R.C. government term)

土耳其旋轉烤肉〔----转--〕 tou² ji⁵ kei⁴ syun⁴ zyun² haau¹ juk⁶ {Tǔ ěr qí xuán zhuǎn kǎo ròu}

Turkish döner kebab