Usage of the character 屠
Tú
屠
[屠]
- surname Tu
tú
屠
[屠]
- to slaughter (animals for food)
- to massacre
túzǎi
屠宰
[屠宰]
- to slaughter
- to butcher
túchéng
屠城
[屠城]
- to massacre everyone in a captured city
túchǎng
屠场
[屠場]
- slaughterhouse
- abattoir
túhù
屠户
[屠戶]
- butcher
túshā
屠杀
[屠殺]
- to massacre; to slaughter
túdāo
屠刀
[屠刀]
- butcher's knife
- abattoir hatchet
túfū
屠夫
[屠夫]
- butcher
- fig. murderous dictator
túlù
屠戮
[屠戮]
- slaughter
- massacre
fútú
浮屠
[浮屠]
- Buddha
- Buddhist stupa (transliteration of Pali thupo)
Shēntú
申屠
[申屠]
- two-character surname Shentu
túdú
屠毒
[屠毒]
- poison
- to murder by poison
túbó
屠伯
[屠伯]
- butcher
- fig. brutal killer
Túyāojié
屠妖节
[屠妖節]
- Deepavali (Hindu festival)
dàtúshā
大屠杀
[大屠殺]
- massacre; mass slaughter
túzǎichǎng
屠宰场
[屠宰場]
- slaughterhouse
- abattoir
Póluófútú
婆罗浮屠
[婆羅浮屠]
- Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)
túdúbǐmò
屠毒笔墨
[屠毒筆墨]
- poisonous writing
- disparaging writing
- calumny
qījífútú
七级浮屠
[七級浮屠]
- seven floor pagoda
Túgénièfū
屠格涅夫
[屠格涅夫]
- Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist
Yǐtiān Túlóng Jì
倚天屠龙记
[倚天屠龍記]
- Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠／武侠 (wǔxiá), martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 ( Jīn Yōng) and its screen adaptations
Nánjīng Dàtúshā
南京大屠杀
[南京大屠殺]
- the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)
Nánjīng Dàtúshā Shìjiàn
南京大屠杀事件
[南京大屠殺事件]
- The Rape of Nanking (1997 documentary book by Iris Chang 張純如／张纯如 ( Zhāng Chúnrú))
fàngxiàtúdāo,lìdìchéngfó
放下屠刀，立地成佛
[放下屠刀，立地成佛]
- lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation
- to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
jiùrényīmìngshèngzàoqījífútú
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
[救人一命勝造七級浮屠]
- saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
sǐle Zhāngtúfū,bùchīhùnmáozhū
死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪
[死了張屠夫，不吃混毛豬]
- lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)
- fig. nobody is indispensable