砘 dùn (agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds / stone roller used for this purpose syn 排雷辊 mine roller / mine-clearing roller / roller 轮式工具柜 roller tool cabinet / roller cabinet / roller trolley 碾 niǎn stone roller / roller and millstone / to grind / to crush / to husk syn 砘子 dùn zi stone roller used to compact loose soil after sowing seeds 滚轮 滾輪 gǔn lún roller / rotating dial / (computer mouse) scroll wheel / (road roller) drum syn 溜冰鞋 liū bīng xié skating shoes / ice skates / roller skates / roller blades 滑旱冰 huá hàn bīng (roller)blading / roller skating / inline skating 磙 gǔn roller / to level with a roller 砣 tuó steelyard weight / stone roller / to polish jade with an emery wheel syn 碡 dú stone roller 碡 zhóu stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) / Taiwan pr. [du2] 轧场 軋場 yà cháng to roll with a stone roller / to thresh grain by rolling 石磙 shí gǔn stone roller syn 碌碡 liù zhou stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) / Taiwan pr. [lu4 du2] syn 垡 fá to turn the soil / upturned soil / (used in place names) syn 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 石刻 shí kè stone inscription / carved stone 石器 shí qì stone tool / stone implement 石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 礧 lèi roll stone down hill / stone pile 罗拉 羅拉 luó lā roller (loanword) 压路机 壓路機 yā lù jī road roller syn 滚筒 滾筒 gǔn tǒng roller / cylinder (machine part) / drum 大起大落 dà qǐ dà luò (of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom) / volatile / significant ups and downs / roller coaster syn 过山车 過山車 guò shān chē roller coaster 轮滑 輪滑 lún huá roller skating 卷帘 捲簾 juǎn lián roller shutter / a blind 滚子 滾子 gǔn zi roller 卷帘门 捲帘門 juǎn lián mén roll-up door / roller shutter door 碾压 碾壓 niǎn yā to crush or compact (with a roller) / to run over (with a vehicle) / (fig.) to trounce / to wipe the floor with / to be far superior 签字笔 簽字筆 qiān zì bǐ felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen 轧辊 軋輥 zhá gǔn (steelmaking) roll / roller / CL:根[gen1] 旱冰 hàn bīng roller skating 碾子 niǎn zi roller (used for milling or crushing) syn 暴走鞋 bào zǒu xié Heelys (roller shoes with wheels protruding slightly from the heel) 轴 軸 zhóu axis / axle / spool (for thread) / roller (for scrolls) / classifier for calligraphy rolls etc syn 辊 輥 gǔn roller 溜旱冰 liū hàn bīng roller blading (sport) 滚子轴承 滾子軸承 gǔn zi zhóu chéng roller bearing 碾砣 niǎn tuó roller 轧染机 軋染機 yà rǎn jī pressure roller used in dyeing trough 轧道机 軋道機 yà dào jī road roller 发卷 髮捲 fà juǎn hair roller / curl (of hair) 云霄飞车 雲霄飛車 yún xiāo fēi chē roller coaster 河马滚轮水桶 河馬滾輪水桶 hé mǎ gǔn lún shuǐ tǒng Hippo Water Roller 辊式磨 輥式磨 roller mill 绷带卷 繃帶卷 roller bandage 振动压路机 振動壓路機 vibrator roller 棕胸佛法僧 zōng xiōng fó fǎ sēng (bird species of China) Indochinese roller (Coracias affinis) 蓝胸佛法僧 藍胸佛法僧 lán xiōng fó fǎ sēng (bird species of China) European roller (Coracias garrulus) 滚筒刷 滾筒刷 gǔn tǒng shuā paint roller 卷发筒 捲髮筒 juǎn fà tǒng hair roller 西棕胸佛法僧 xī zōng xiōng fó fǎ sēng (bird species) Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis) 土地 tǔ dì land / soil / territory / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4] 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 泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay syn 粪便 糞便 fèn biàn excrement / feces / night soil syn 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) 松软 鬆軟 sōng ruǎn flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil) syn 水土保持 shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí soil conservation syn 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 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 红土 紅土 hóng tǔ red soil / laterite 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 沙土 shā tǔ sandy soil 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 整地 zhěng dì to prepare the soil (agriculture) syn 土层 土層 tǔ céng layer of soil / ground level 粪土 糞土 fèn tǔ dirty soil / dung and dirt / (fig.) worthless thing syn 地力 dì lì fertility / productivity (of soil or land) syn 耕田 gēng tián to cultivate soil / to till fields 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 灰土 huī tǔ dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol syn 肥力 féi lì fertility (of soil) syn 大粪 大糞 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) syn 轮作 輪作 lún zuò rotation of crops (to preserve fertility of soil) syn 松土 鬆土 sōng tǔ to plow (loosen the soil) 盐碱地 鹽鹼地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil / (fig.) infertile woman syn 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 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 土温 土溫 tǔ wēn temperature of the soil syn 垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn 壤 rǎng (bound form) soil / earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1]) syn 趟 tāng to wade / to trample / to turn the soil syn 卤 鹵 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid 