理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay 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 材质 材質 cái zhì texture of timber / quality of material / material (that sth is made of) syn 口感 kǒu gǎn mouthfeel / texture (of food) 质感 質感 zhì gǎn realism (in art) / sense of reality / texture / tactile quality 质地 質地 zhì dì texture / background (texture) / grain / quality / character / disposition 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 缜密 縝密 zhěn mì meticulous / careful / deliberate / delicate / fine (texture) 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 柔嫩 róu nèn tender / delicate (texture) 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 细密 細密 xì mì fine (texture) / meticulous / careful / detailed syn 密实 密實 mì shí close (texture) / dense / densely woven 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 蝉翼 蟬翼 chán yì cicada's wing / fig. diaphanous / delicate texture 肌理 jī lǐ texture (of skin, surface etc) 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 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 糙 cāo rough / coarse (in texture) 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 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 海底构造 海底構造 seafloor texture / seabed texture 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 缜匝 縝匝 zhěn zā dense / fine (texture) 花花搭搭 huā hua dā dā mixed / uneven in texture syn 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 塬地 yuán dì fertile arable soil of loess plateau 墒土 shāng tǔ moist, newly-tilled soil 未受精 wèi shòu jīng unfertilized (of ova, not soil) 沃壤 wò rǎng fertile soil 沃衍 wò yǎn rich and fertile (soil) 淋溶层 淋溶層 lín róng céng alluvium (soil deposited by rivers) 粉土 fěn tǔ silt / silty soil 纳豆菌 納豆菌 nà dòu jūn Bacillus subtilis (formerly Bacillus natto), a common soil bacterium 翻耕 fān gēng to plow / to turn the soil 蚖虫 蚖蟲 yuán chóng Protura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod) 酥松 酥鬆 sū sōng loose (soil, or limbs of a relaxed person etc) / flaky (pastry etc) 脏土 髒土 zāng tǔ dirty soil / muck / trash 碱土 鹼土 jiǎn tǔ alkaline soil 碱性土 鹼性土 jiǎn xìng tǔ alkaline soil 土壤改良 改良土壤 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 土壤濕度 tǔ rǎng shī dù soil humidity 