土

土 tǔ in a sentence

Earth (dust - soil - land - local - indigenous)

Full dictionary entry 30 sentences

土 (tǔ) means Earth (dust - soil - land - local - indigenous). Below are 24 of the 30 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

这片 土 地很肥沃。

Zhè piàn tǔdì hěn féiwò.

This land is very fertile.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 土地

西部有广大的 土 地。

Xībù yǒu guǎngdà de tǔdì.

The west has vast tracts of land.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 广大

他做了一道 土 豆菜。

Tā zuò le yí dào tǔdòu cài.

He made a potato dish.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 土豆

河边的 土 壤最肥沃。

Hé biān de tǔrǎng zuì féiwò.

The soil by the river is the most fertile.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 肥沃

脚下的 土 地很坚实。

Jiǎo xià de tǔdì hěn jiānshí.

The ground underfoot is firm.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚实

农民热爱自己的 土 地。

Nóngmín rè'ài zìjǐ de tǔdì.

Farmers love their land.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 土地

植物从 土 里吸取水分。

Zhíwù cóng tǔ lǐ xīqǔ shuǐfèn.

Plants take up water from the soil.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吸取

落叶在 土 里慢慢分解。

Luòyè zài tǔ lǐ mànmàn fēnjiě.

Fallen leaves slowly decompose in the soil.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 分解

冬天的 土 地冻得坚硬。

Dōngtiān de tǔdì dòng de jiānyìng.

In winter the ground freezes hard.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚硬

雨水慢慢渗透进 土 里。

Yǔshuǐ mànmàn shèntòu jìn tǔ lǐ.

The rain slowly seeped into the soil.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 渗透

春天把种子播进 土 里。

Chūntiān bǎ zhǒngzi bō jìn tǔ lǐ.

In spring the seeds are sown into the soil.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 种子

这涉及领 土 主权问题。

Zhè shèjí lǐngtǔ zhǔquán wèntí.

This involves a question of territorial sovereignty.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 主权

这个国家有辽阔的 土 地。

Zhège guójiā yǒu liáokuò de tǔdì.

This country has a vast territory.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辽阔

这里的 土 壤很适合种茶。

Zhèlǐ de tǔrǎng hěn shìhé zhòng chá.

The soil here is very suitable for growing tea.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 土壤

两国之间存在领 土 争端。

Liǎng guó zhījiān cúnzài lǐngtǔ zhēngduān.

There is a territorial dispute between the two countries.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 争端

土 豆和牛肉一起炖很好吃。

Tǔdòu hé niúròu yìqǐ dùn hěn hǎochī.

Potatoes stewed with beef are delicious.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 土豆

过量使用化肥会破坏 土 壤。

Guòliàng shǐyòng huàféi huì pòhuài tǔrǎng.

Using too much chemical fertiliser damages the soil.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 化肥

两家因为 土 地发生了纠纷。

Liǎng jiā yīnwèi tǔdì fāshēng le jiūfēn.

The two families fell into a dispute over land.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 纠纷

过度砍伐造成了水 土 流失。

Guòdù kǎnfá zàochéng le shuǐtǔ liúshī.

Excessive felling has caused soil erosion.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 砍伐

这片领 土 的归属曾有争议。

Zhè piàn lǐngtǔ de guīshǔ céng yǒu zhēngyì.

Ownership of this territory was once disputed.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 领土

宽松的环境是创新的 土 壤。

Kuānsōng de huánjìng shì chuàngxīn de tǔrǎng.

A relaxed environment is the soil in which innovation grows.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 土壤

他们用生命捍卫了这片 土 地。

Tāmen yòng shēngmìng hànwèi le zhè piàn tǔdì.

They defended this land with their lives.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 捍卫

领 土 完整是国家的核心利益。

Lǐngtǔ wánzhěng shì guójiā de héxīn lìyì.

Territorial integrity is a core national interest.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 领土

这片 土 地孕育了灿烂的文化。

Zhè piàn tǔdì yùnyù le cànlàn de wénhuà.

This land gave birth to a brilliant culture.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 孕育

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土 appears in 30 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

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How is 土 used in a sentence?

This page shows 30 sentences using 土 (tǔ, "Earth (dust - soil - land - local - indigenous)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 土 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 土 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

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The dictionary page for 土 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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