tú

Traditional: 塗

HSK 7–9

涂 (tú) is a Chinese word meaning “to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub”.

Meanings

  1. 1to apply (paint etc)
  2. 2to smear
  3. 3to daub
  4. 4to blot out
  5. 5to scribble
  6. 6to scrawl
  7. 7(literary) mud
  8. 8street
Part of speech
verb

Related words

涂surname Tu涂variant of 途[tu2]糊涂muddled一塌糊涂muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition涂鸦graffiti涂料paint一败涂地lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom)老糊涂dotard糊里糊涂confused糊里糊涂variant of 糊裡糊塗|糊里糊涂[hu2 li5 hu2 tu2]涂抹to paint稀里糊涂muddleheaded

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