后土

hòutǔ
  1. (literary) earth god; Houtu
  2. (literary) the vast earth
  3. (literary, of ancient China) official charged with managing land
  4. earth god; Houtu
  5. official charged with managing land
  6. the vast earth

Wiktionary

Homographs

后土 Hòutǔ Earth Deity (often paired with 皇天 Huángtiān, August Heaven)

Entry Composition

=1 后 Hòu surname Hou
=1 后 hòu
  1. empress
  2. queen
  3. (archaic) monarch
  4. ruler
=1 后 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
=2 土 Tǔ
  1. Tu (ethnic group)
  2. surname Tu
=2 土 tǔ
  1. earth
  2. dust
  3. clay
  4. local
  5. indigenous
  6. crude opium
  7. unsophisticated
  8. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 bāyīn

Containing this entry

皇天后土 huángtiānhòutǔ heaven and earth (idiom)