HSK 5 · Nature

土地 tǔdì “land” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 土地 means

  1. land
  2. soil
  3. territory

Measure word 片 piàn or 块 kuài · 一片土地 yí piàn tǔdì

How to say 土地

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale土tǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale地dì4th tone, falling

土地 in a sentence

  1. 他农场的土地十分肥沃。

    Tā nóngchǎng de tǔdì shífēn féiwò.

    The land on his farm is very fertile.

    Sentence #750615 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 他买土地目的是要造房子。

    Tā mǎi tǔdì mùdì shì yào zào fángzi.

    He’s buying land to build a house.

    Sentence #481134 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我的土地紧靠河边。

    Wǒ de tǔdì jǐnkào hébiān.

    My land runs right up to the river.

    Sentence #781172 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 土地 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 土 (tǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
土tǔearth
  • 十ten · shí
  • 一one · yī
The character 地 (dì) with each of its parts in a different colour
地dìearth
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 也also · yěSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 也 (yě) hints at the sound. Compare it with dì.

Memory aidEarth 土 gives the meaning: the ground, a place.

How to write 土地

土 3 strokes · 地 6 strokes

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土地 (tǔdì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 土地 (tǔdì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 土地

Words with 土

土豆tǔdòu · potato领土lǐngtǔ · territory土壤tǔrǎng · soil风土人情fēngtǔrénqíng · local customs and conditions

Words with 地

地dì · earth地方dìfang · place地铁dìtiě · subway地图dìtú · map外地wàidì · another part of the country草地cǎodì · lawn地点dìdiǎn · place地址dìzhǐ · address地球dìqiú · the earth当地dāngdì · local

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FAQs

土地 (tǔdì) means “land” or “soil”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tǔdì: tǔ with a 3rd tone, then dì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 土地 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 片 (piàn) or 块 (kuài). For example, one land is 一片土地 (yí piàn tǔdì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tudi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 土地 from the suggestions. Typing tudi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
土地 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.