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tou2
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[1] soil; earth; [2] land; territory; domain [3] local; native; indigenous [4] unrefined; unenlightened [5] rustic; countrified [6] opium [7] an abbreviation for Turkey [8] KangXi radical 32 (earth) Stroke count: 3
Level: 1
Radical: 土 (#32)
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Don't confuse with: 士 |
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| This character was last edited on 27th May 2008 | |
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土地
tou2 dei6/dei6*2 = [1] land (地6); [2] abbreviation for the God of Land 土地公 (地6*2)
老土
lou5 tou2 = old-fashioned粵
水土
seoi2 tou2 = water and soil
三人一條心，黃土變成金
saam1 jan4 jat1 tiu4 sam1 wong4 tou2 bin3 sing4 gam1 = Three men of one heart can transform yellow earth into gold
土人
tou2 jan4 = an aborigine, a native
金木水火土
gam1 muk6 seoi2 fo2 tou2 = the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth
土星
tou2 sing1 = Saturn
混凝土
wan6 jing4 tou2 = concrete (building material)
土話
tou2 waa6*2 = vernacular; dialect; colloquial expressions
土豆
tou2 dau6*2 = potato; peanut國See all 94 compounds |
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Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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