土丘 (tǔ qiū) — a small hill, mound, hillock

Definition

noun
a small hillmoundhillock
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • 土丘。
    Zhè ge xiǎo cūn zi hòu miàn yǒu yí zuò tǔ qiū.
    Behind this small village there is a mound.
  • 土丘筝。
    Hái zi men zài tǔ qiū shàng fàng fēng zheng.
    The children are flying kites on the hillock.
  • 土丘。
    tǔ qiū Shàng zhǎng mǎn le lǜ cǎo.
    The mound is covered with green grass.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

土tǔearth
丘qiūhill

“土” contributes earth and “丘” contributes hill, yielding a small mound.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 土 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The shape comes from an old drawing of a hill, showing a mound or hillock.

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