泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay syn 生育 shēng yù to give birth to / to bear / fertility syn 粪便 糞便 fèn biàn excrement / feces / night soil syn 干燥 乾燥 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 syn 土壤 tǔ rǎng soil syn 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 syn 松软 鬆軟 sōng ruǎn flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil) syn 大粪 大糞 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) syn 沙土 shā tǔ sandy soil 粪土 糞土 fèn tǔ dirty soil / dung and dirt / (fig.) worthless thing syn 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 红土 紅土 hóng tǔ red soil / laterite syn 地力 dì lì fertility / productivity (of soil or land) syn 整地 zhěng dì to prepare the soil (agriculture) syn 土层 土層 tǔ céng layer of soil / ground level 黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) 水汪汪 shuǐ wāng wāng watery / waterlogged (soil) / limpid / bright and intelligent (eyes) syn 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 灰土 huī tǔ dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol syn 耕田 gēng tián to cultivate soil / to till fields syn 盐碱地 鹽鹼地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil / (fig.) infertile woman syn 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 syn 冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn 轮作 輪作 lún zuò rotation of crops (to preserve fertility of soil) syn 土地 tǔ dì land / soil / territory / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4] syn 水土保持 shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí soil conservation syn 干裂 乾裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap syn 追肥 zhuī féi top soil dressing / additional fertilizer 生育能力 shēng yù néng lì fertility / ability to have children 肥力 féi lì fertility (of soil) syn 松土 鬆土 sōng tǔ to plow (loosen the soil) 墒情 shāng qíng the state of moisture in the soil (and whether it can support a crop) 土力学 土力學 tǔ lì xué soil mechanics 趟 tāng to wade / to trample / to turn the soil syn 卤 鹵 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid 壤 rǎng (bound form) soil / earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1]) syn 土温 土溫 tǔ wēn temperature of the soil syn 壅 yōng to obstruct / to stop up / to heap soil around the roots of a plant 垡 fá to turn the soil / upturned soil / (used in place names) syn 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 syn 锄地 鋤地 chú dì to hoe / to weed the soil 娘娘庙 娘娘廟 niáng niáng miào temple of Goddess of Fertility 生殖力 shēng zhí lì fertility 土壤学 土壤學 tǔ rǎng xué pedology (soil study) 冻土层 凍土層 dòng tǔ céng permafrost / tundra / layer of frozen soil 垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn 墒 shāng plowed earth / soil moisture / furrow 篑 簣 kuì basket for carrying soil 硗 磽 qiāo stony soil 砘 dùn (agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds / stone roller used for this purpose syn 埴 zhí soil with large clay content syn 板结 板結 bǎn jié soil crusting syn 薄地 bó dì barren land / poor soil syn 劐 huō (coll.) to slit with a knife / (variant of 耠[huo1]) hoe / to loosen soil with a hoe syn 蔂 léi to entwine / creeper / bramble / (literary) basket for carrying soil 蚖 yuán Protura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod) / variant of 螈, salamander / newt / triton 热带土壤生物学和肥力网 熱帶土壤生物學和肥力網 Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility 生土 shēng tǔ (agr.) immature soil / virgin soil 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 东盟各国土壤绘图问题土壤会议 東盟各國土壤繪圖問題土壤會議 ASEAN Soil Conference on the Soil Mapping of Individual Countries 废土 廢土 fèi tǔ waste soil (excavation waste, contaminated soil etc) / (post-apocalyptic) wasteland 天孙娘娘 天孫娘娘 tiān sūn niáng niáng Goddess of Fertility 子孙娘娘 子孫娘娘 zǐ sūn niáng niang goddess of fertility 生育控制 生育控製 shēng yù kòng zhì fertility regulation 总和生育率 總和生育率 zǒng hé shēng yù lǜ total fertility rate 生育率和计划生育比较分析委员会 Committee on Comparative Analysis of Fertility and Family Planning 生育史 shēng yù shǐ fertility history 非婚生生育率 non-marital fertility rate 特定年龄组生育率 特定年齡組生育率 age-specific fertility rate 生育调节技术 生育調節技術 fertility regulation techniques 非洲区域青春期生育率问题青年讲习班 非洲區域青春期生育率問題青年講習班 African Regional Youth Workshop on Adolescent Fertility 辅助生殖 輔助生殖 fǔ zhù shēng zhí assisted reproduction / medically assisted fertility 避孕药物 避孕藥物 fertility-controlling drugs 生育调节的行为和社会决定因素工作队 生育調節的行為和社會決定因素工作隊 Task Force on Behavioural and Social Determinants of Fertility Regulation 自然生育调节法工作队 自然生育調節法工作隊 Task Force on Methods for the Natural Regulation of Fertility 发展中国家生育率数据分析方法技术会议 發展中國家生育率數據分析方法技術會議 Technical Meeting on Methods of Analyzing Fertility Data for Developing Countries 世界生育率调查 世界生育率調查 World Fertility Survey 生育率下降 fertility decline 组群生育率 組群生育率 cohort fertility 生育率和计划生育科 生育率和計劃生育科 Fertility and Family Planning Section 生育调节 生育調節 fertility regulation 低于更替生育率 低於更替生育率 below-replacement fertility 已婚年数别生育率 已婚年數別生育率 duration-specific marital fertility rate 有效生育率 effective fertility 生育率研究和人口方桉评价工作组 生育率研究和人口方案評價工作組 Working Group on Fertility Studies and Evaluation of Population Programmes 人类生育调节研究国际专题讨论会 人類生育調節研究國際專題討論會 International Symposium on Research on the Regulation of Human Fertility 世界生育率调查比较分析项目 世界生育率調查比較分析項目 World Fertility Survey Comparative Analysis Project 世界生育率调查会议 世界生育率調查會議 World Fertility Survey Conference 生育率与家庭专家组 生育率與家庭專家組 Expert Group on Fertility and Family 保商 bǎo shāng preservation of soil moisture 磟 lù stone soil roller 墝 qiāo stony soil 涴 wò to soil 堉 yù fertile soil 耔 zǐ hoe up soil around plants syn 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 