土

tǔ · tu/Tǔ · tu

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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tǔ 土

  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)

Tǔ 土

  1. Tu (ethnic group)
  2. surname Tu

In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)更(gēng)新(xīn)了(le)花(huā)盆(pén)里(lǐ)的(de)土(tǔ)。

She renewed the soil in the flower pot.

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02

雨(yǔ)后(hòu)的(de)土(tǔ)又(yòu)湿(shī)又(yòu)软(ruǎn)。

After the rain, the soil is wet and soft.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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