培土

péitǔ
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 potting soil
  2. 2 garden soil (for cultivation)
  3. 3 to hill up soil (around plants)

Examples

Zhòng huā qián xiān zhǔnbèi yí dài péitǔ.
Before planting flowers, get a bag of potting soil ready.
Tǔdòu yào dìngqī péitǔ cái zhǎng de dà.
Potatoes need regular hilling-up to grow big.

Tips

usage
培土 has two senses. As a noun, e-commerce listings of garden products (营养, 培土, 兰花培土) use it to mean 'cultivation soil / potting mix'. As a verb, 培土 means 'to mound earth around the base of a plant', a key step for potatoes, scallions, and leeks. CC-CEDICT only lists the verb sense.

Stroke Order

péi