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English Definitionearth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音; Tu (ethnic group); (Chinese surname)
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(After Tone Sandhi)
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Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)tou2
Part of Speech(名) noun
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Part of religion/mysticism/five phases
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=3,6 TOCFL=5

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土拨鼠节tǔbōshǔ jiēGroundhog Day
土地tǔdìland; soil; territory
土壤tǔrǎngsoil
土地tǔdilocal god; genius loci
土豆tǔdòupotato; (Tw) peanut
Words With Same Tail Word    
本土běntǔone's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory
领土lǐngtǔterritory
泥土nítǔearth; soil; mud; clay
出土chūtǔto dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground
尘土chéntǔdust
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