土地 tǔdì land
land; soil; territory
How to remember 土地: 土 earth + 地 ground = land.
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How it is used
- 土地 (tǔdì) means land/soil/territory, used in a formal, often legal or agricultural register.
- Common collocations: 土地资源 (tǔdì zīyuán, land resources), 承包土地 (chéngbāo tǔdì, to contract land), 土地使用权 (land-use rights).
- For casual "dirt/ground under your feet," people say 地 (dì) or 泥土 (nítǔ, soil/mud); 土地 sounds more official, closer to "territory" or "land" as a resource.
- It's the word you'd meet in news about farming policy or real estate, not in "don't sit on the ground."
Example sentences
- 他买土地目的是要造房子。 Tā mǎi tǔdì mùdì shì yàozào fángzi.He bought the land for the purpose of building a house on it.