土 地 tǔ dì land / soil / territory / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4] 土 壤 tǔ rǎng soil 泥 土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay 壤 rǎng (bound form) soil / earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1]) 涴 wò to soil 流 失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained 粪 便 fèn biàn excrement / feces / night soil 乡 土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) 黄 土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) 水 土 保 持 shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí soil conservation 水 土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 土 方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy 红 土 hóng tǔ red soil / laterite 干 燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure 沙 土 shā tǔ sandy soil 干 裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap 追 肥 zhuī féi top soil dressing / additional fertilizer 整 地 zhěng dì to prepare the soil (agriculture) 土 层 tǔ céng layer of soil / ground level 粪 土 fèn tǔ dirty soil / dung and dirt / (fig.) worthless thing 地 力 dì lì fertility / productivity (of soil or land) 耕 田 gēng tián to cultivate soil / to till fields 大 粪 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) 盐 碱 地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil / (fig.) infertile woman 墒 情 shāng qíng the state of moisture in the soil (and whether it can support a crop) 土 力 学 tǔ lì xué soil mechanics 表 土 biǎo tǔ surface soil / topsoil 保 墒 bǎo shāng preservation of soil moisture 肥 田 féi tián fertile land / to fertilize the soil 锄 地 chú dì to hoe / to weed the soil 冻 土 层 dòng tǔ céng permafrost / tundra / layer of frozen soil 土 温 tǔ wēn temperature of the soil 垄 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound 趟 tāng to wade / to trample / to turn the soil 卤 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid 墒 shāng plowed earth / soil moisture / furrow 壅 yōng to obstruct / to stop up / to heap soil around the roots of a plant 篑 kuì basket for carrying soil 硗 qiāo stony soil 垡 fá to turn the soil / upturned soil / (used in place names) 砘 dùn (agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds / stone roller used for this purpose 埴 zhí soil with large clay content 劐 huō (coll.) to slit with a knife / (variant of 耠[huo1]) hoe / to loosen soil with a hoe 蔂 léi to entwine / creeper / bramble / (literary) basket for carrying soil 板 结 bǎn jié soil crusting 薄 地 bó dì barren land / poor soil 保 商 bǎo shāng preservation of soil moisture 磟 lù stone soil roller 墝 qiāo stony soil 堉 yù fertile soil 耔 zǐ hoe up soil around plants 壆 bó (dialect) mounded row of soil (in which crops are planted) 壝 wěi mound / embankment / the earthen altar to the god of the soil 塬 地 yuán dì fertile arable soil of loess plateau 墒 土 shāng tǔ moist, newly-tilled soil 沃 壤 wò rǎng fertile soil 生 土 shēng tǔ (agr.) immature soil / virgin soil 粉 土 fěn tǔ silt / silty soil 纳 豆 菌 nà dòu jūn Bacillus subtilis (formerly Bacillus natto), a common soil bacterium 翻 耕 fān gēng to plow / to turn the soil 脏 土 zāng tǔ dirty soil / muck / trash 碱 土 jiǎn tǔ alkaline soil 碱 性 土 jiǎn xìng tǔ alkaline soil 土 壤 改 良 gǎi liáng tǔ rǎng soil improvement 耠 huō a hoe / to hoe / to loosen the soil with a hoe / Taiwan pr. [he2] 土 壤 肥 力 tǔ rǎng féi lì soil fertility 土 壤 湿 度 tǔ rǎng shī dù soil humidity 月 壤 yuè rǎng lunar soil 水 涝 地 waterlogged soil / waterlogged land 保 护 土 壤 和 含 水 层 免 受 非 点 源 污 染 讨 论 会 Seminar on Protection of Soil and Aquifers against Non-Point Source Pollution 土 壤 科 学 tǔ rǎng kē xué soil science / pedology 土 壤 学 家 tǔ rǎng xué jiā soil scientist / pedologist 土 壤 力 学 tǔ rǎng lì xué soil mechanics 国 际 土 壤 参 考 资 料 中 心 International Soil Reference and Information Centre 土 壤 生 物 多 样 性 倡 议 tǔ rǎng shēng wù duō yàng xìng chàng yì International Initiative on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity / Soil Biodiversity Initiative 土 壤 取 样 tǔ rǎng qǔ yàng soil sampling 国 际 土 壤 科 学 学 会 International Society of Soil Science 土 壤 质 地 soil texture 土 壤 退 化 tǔ rǎng tuì huà soil degradation 土 壤 结 构 改 良 剂 tǔ rǎng jié gòu gǎi liáng jì soil conditioner 石 灰 岩 土 shí huī yán tǔ limestone soil 石 灰 土 shí huī tǔ limestone soil 在 土 壤 中 向 下 移 动 downward transport in the soil 提 玛 基 金 会 Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of the Natural Habitats / TEMA Foundation 土 壤 水 总 潜 力 tǔ rǎng shuǐ zǒng qián lì total soil water potential 水 成 土 shuǐ chéng tǔ hydromorphic soil 腐 殖 质 土 fǔ zhí zhì tǔ muck soil 土 壤 溶 液 tǔ rǎng róng yè soil solution 土 壤 水 分 soil moisture 水 土 保 持 股 shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí gǔ Soil and Water Conservation Unit 土 居 动 物 种 群 soil animal population 土 居 动 物 区 系 tǔ jū dòng wù qū xì soil animal population 土 壤 修 复 tǔ rǎng xiū fù soil remediation 空 气 、 水 和 土 壤 污 染 监 测 网 Monitoring Network for Air, Water and Soil Pollution 世 界 土 壤 宪 章 shì jiè tǔ rǎng xiàn zhāng World Soil Charter 国 际 土 壤 研 究 和 管 理 委 员 会 International Board for Soil Research and Management 细 质 地 土 壤 fine textured soil 土 壤 流 失 tǔ rǎng liú shī soil depletion 土 壤 微 植 物 区 系 tǔ rǎng wēi zhí wù qū xì soil microflora 热 带 土 壤 生 物 学 和 肥 力 网 Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility