| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 安土重遷 | 安土重迁 | ān tǔ zhòng qiān | hate to leave a place where one has lived long; be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it |
| 本土 | běn tǔ | one's native country; metropolitan territory | |
| 本土化 | běn tǔ huà | to localize; localization | |
| 本土化軟件 | 本土化软件 | běn tǔ huà ruǎn jiàn | software localization |
| 碧土 | Bì tǔ | (N) Putog (place in Tibet) | |
| 表土 | biǎo tǔ | surface soil; topsoil | |
| 不服水土 | bù fú shuǐ tǔ | (of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place; not acclimatized | |
| 長陽土家族自治縣 | 长阳土家族自治县 | Cháng yáng Tǔ jiā zú zì zhì xiàn | (N) Changyang Tujiazu autonomous county (county in Hubei) |
| 塵土 | 尘土 | chén tǔ | dust |
| 出土 | chū tǔ | to be unearthed; to appear in an excavation; come up out of the ground | |
| 凍土 | 冻土 | dòng tǔ | tundra |
| 糞土 | 粪土 | fèn tǔ | dung and dirt; muck |
| 風土人情 | 风土人情 | fēng tǔ rén qíng | local conditions (human and environmental) |
| 鋼筋混凝土 | 钢筋混凝土 | gāng jīn hùn níng tǔ | (n) reinforced concrete |
| 高嶺土 | 高岭土 | gāo lǐng tǔ | (n) china clay; kaolin(e) |
| 國土 | 国土 | guó tǔ | (n) country's territory |
| 國土安全 | 国土安全 | guó tǔ ān quán | homeland security |
| 國土安全部 | 国土安全部 | guó tǔ ān quán bù | (US) Department of Homeland Security |
| 國土安全部警報系統 | 国土安全部警报系统 | Guó tǔ Ān quán bù Jǐng bào xì tǒng | Homeland Security Advisory System |
| 夯土 | hāng tǔ | rammed earth | |
| 互助土族自治縣 | 互助土族自治县 | Hù zhù tǔ zú zì zhì xiàn | (N) Huzhu Tuzu autonomous county (county in Qinghai) |
| 黃土 | 黄土 | huáng tǔ | (n) loess |
| 黃土高原 | 黄土高原 | huáng tǔ gāo yuán | Loess Plateau |
| 灰頭土臉 | 灰头土脸 | huī tóu tǔ liǎn | (phr) with one's head covered in dust |
| 混凝土 | hùn níng tǔ | concrete | |
| 鹼土金屬 | 碱土金属 | jiǎn tǔ jīn shǔ | alkaline earth metal |
| 疆土 | jiāng tǔ | territory | |
| 焦土 | jiāo tǔ | scorched earth | |
| 淨土 | 净土 | jìng tǔ | (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) |
| 卷土重來 | 卷土重来 | juàn tǔ chóng lái | comeback |
| 喀土穆 | kā tǔ mù | Khartoum (capital of Sudan) | |
| 領土 | 领土 | lǐng tǔ | territory |
| 泥土 | ní tǔ | earth; soil; clay | |
| 粘土 | nián tǔ | clay; loam | |
| 黏土 | nián tǔ | clay; loam | |
| 培土 | péi tǔ | to earth up | |
| 破土 | pò tǔ | (n) groundbreaking | |
| 破土典禮 | 破土典礼 | pò tǔ diǎn lǐ | ground breaking ceremony |
| 日土 | Rì tǔ | (N) Ritu (place in Tibet) | |
| 三合土 | sān hé tǔ | concrete; cement; mortar | |
| 沙土 | shā tǔ | (n) sandy soil | |
| 石柱土家族自治縣 | 石柱土家族自治县 | Shí zhù Tǔ jiā zú zì zhì xiàn | (N) Shizhu Tujiazu autonomous county (county in Sichuan) |
| 視如糞土 | 视如粪土 | shì rú fèn tǔ | to look upon as dirt; to be considered worthless |
| 水土 | shuǐ tǔ | (n) water and soil; (n) climate | |
| 水土保持 | shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí | (n) soil conservation | |
| 土 | tǔ | earth; dust | |
| 土城 | Tǔ chéng | (N) Tucheng (city in Taiwan) | |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; territory | |
| 土豆 | tǔ dòu | potato | |
| 土堆 | tǔ duī | mound | |
| 土耳其 | Tǔ ěr qí | Turkey | |
| 土耳其語 | 土耳其语 | Tǔ ěr qí yǔ | Turkish (language) |
| 土匪 | tǔ fěi | bandit | |
| 土家族 | tǔ jiā zú | Tujia ethnic group | |
| 土庫曼 | 土库曼 | Tǔ kù màn | Turkmenistan |
| 土庫曼斯坦 | 土库曼斯坦 | Tǔ kù màn sī tǎn | Turkmenistan |
| 土庫鎮 | 土库镇 | Tǔ kù zhèn | (N) Tuku (town in Taiwan) |
| 土拉弗氏菌 | tǔ lā fú shì jūn | Francisella tularensis | |
| 土倫 | 土伦 | Tǔ lún | Toulon (city in France) |
| 土門 | 土门 | Tǔ mén | Bumin Khan |
| 土默特右旗 | Tǔ mò tè yòu qí | (N) Tumote youqi (place in Inner Mongolia) | |
| 土默特左旗 | Tǔ mò tè zuǒ qí | (N) Tumote zuoqi (place in Inner Mongolia) | |
| 土木工程 | tǔ mù gōng chéng | civil engineering | |
| 土壤 | tǔ rǎng | soil | |
| 土壤學 | 土壤学 | tǔ rǎng xué | pedology (soil study) |
| 土桑 | Tǔ sāng | Tucson (in Arizona) | |
| 土司 | tǔ sī | system of appointing national minority hereditary headmen in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties; toast | |
| 土衛六 | 土卫六 | tǔ wèi liù | Titan; Saturn's sixth moon |
| 土星 | tǔ xīng | Saturn (planet) | |
| 土著 | tǔ zhù | (n) aboriginal | |
| 土族 | Tǔ zú | Tu people | |
| 挖土機 | 挖土机 | wā tǔ jī | excavator |
| 沃土 | wò tǔ | (n) mold | |
| 五峰土家族自治縣 | 五峰土家族自治县 | Wǔ fēng tǔ jiā zú zì zhì xiàn | (N) Wufeng Tujiazu autonomous county (county in Hubei) |
| 稀土金屬 | 稀土金属 | xī tǔ jīn shǔ | rare earth element |
| 新土耳其裡拉 | 新土耳其里拉 | Xīn Tǔ ěr qí lǐ lā | Turkish new lira |
| 秀山土家族苗族自治縣 | 秀山土家族苗族自治县 | Xiù shān Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County |
| 沿河土家族自治縣 | 沿河土家族自治县 | Yán hé Tǔ jiā zú zì zhì xiàn | (N) Yanhe Tujiazu autonomous county (county in Guizhou) |
| 岩土體 | 岩土体 | yán tǔ tǐ | gneiss |
| 紙黏土 | 纸黏土 | zhǐ nián tǔ | paperclay |
| 中土 | zhōng tǔ | Sino-Turkish |
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