Radical 32 · 3 strokes

earth

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MEANING10 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    earth

    地面;泥土;地方dìmiàn; níutǔ; dìfang

    • What kind of soil is this?

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    • With all this heavy rain today, the soil is really loose.

  2. noun

    clay

    用来制作陶器或砖的细小颗粒物质yònglái zhìzuò táoqì huò zhuān de xìxiǎo kēlì wùzhì

    • This soil is very fertile.

  3. noun

    dust

    细小的尘埃或沙粒;地面上的泥xìxiǎo de chénhuī huò shālì; dìmiàn shang de ní

    • There is a lot of dust on the ground.

  4. adjective

    local

    属于某个地方的;不是外地的shǔyú mǒuige dìfang de;búshì wàidì de

    • This is a local specialty product.

  5. adjective

    indigenous

    来自本地、本地产生的láizì běndì、běndì chǎnshēng de

    • He is a native Beijinger.

  6. adjective

    unsophisticated

    不文明、不高雅的样子bù wénmíng、bù gāoyǎ de yàngzi

    • He's very unsophisticated.

  7. noun

    crude opium

    未经提炼的鸦片wèi jīng tíliàn de yāpiàn

    • This kind of soil is very expensive.

  8. noun

    Tu ethnic group

    中国西南地区的少数民族,主要住在贵州、云南等地zhōngguó xīnánán dìqū de shǎoshù mínzú,zhǔyào zhù zài guìzhōu、yúnnán děng dì

    • The Tu people are a minority ethnic group in China.

  9. noun

    surname Tu

    姓氏,中国人的家族名称xìngshì、zhōngguórén de jiāzú míngchèng

  10. noun

    one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

    古代八音中,用泥土烧制的乐器类别gǔdài bāyīn zhōng, yòng nítu shaōzhì de yuèqì leèibié

    • One of the eight ancient instruments is the clay flute.

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A vertical line driven into the ground represents earth and soil.

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