# 土生土长 (tǔshēngtǔzhǎng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 土生土长 (tǔshēngtǔzhǎng) means “born and raised locally”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: born and raised locally
- Pinyin: tǔshēngtǔzhǎng (tu3 sheng1 tu3 zhang3)
- Traditional: 土生土長
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他是土生土长的北京人。
  Tā shì tǔshēngtǔzhǎng de Běijīngrén.
  He was born and raised in Beijing.

## Characters

- [土](https://hanziro.com/word/tu-soil/) (tǔ): soil; earth
- [生](https://hanziro.com/word/sheng-be-born/) (shēng): to be born; raw
- [长](https://hanziro.com/word/chang-long/) (cháng): long

https://hanziro.com/word/tu-sheng-tu-zhang-born-and-raised/

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