土司

tǔsī
  1. sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
  2. government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties

CEDICT

loanword

Entry Composition

1 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
2 司 sī
  1. to take charge of
  2. to manage
  3. department (under a ministry)