土绅 tǔshēn local gentry Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 土 tǔ adjectivenoun local (bound form) local; native; indigenous; home-grown; folk绅 紳 shēn noun gentleman (bound form) a member of the gentry or a person of high social standing; also used to refer to local gentry in compounds like 乡绅 xiāngshēn