tú mǒ

Traditional: 塗抹

涂抹 (tú mǒ) is a Chinese word meaning “to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to paint
  2. 2to smear
  3. 3to apply (makeup etc)
  4. 4to doodle
  5. 5to erase
  6. 6to obliterate

Characters in 涂抹

涂tú · to apply (paint etc)抹mā · to wipe

Related words

涂to apply (paint etc)涂surname Tu涂variant of 途[tu2]糊涂muddled抹to wipe抹to smear抹to plaster一塌糊涂muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition涂鸦graffiti涂料paint拐弯抹角lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)一败涂地lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom)

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