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Usage of the character 徒

[徒]
  • surname Tu
[徒]
  • disciple; apprentice; believer
  • on foot
  • bare; empty
  • to no avail
  • only
  • prison sentence
Sītú
司徒
[司徒]
  • two-character surname Situ
túshǒu
徒手
[徒手]
  • with bare hands
  • unarmed
  • fighting hand-to-hand
  • freehand (drawing)
bàotú
暴徒
[暴徒]
  • bandit
  • thug
  • ruffian
jiàotú
教徒
[教徒]
  • disciple
  • follower of a religion
túgōng
徒工
[徒工]
  • apprentice
  • trainee worker
túbù
徒步
[徒步]
  • to be on foot
sītú
司徒
[司徒]
  • minister of land and people (in ancient times)
dǔtú
赌徒
[賭徒]
  • gambler
jiāntú
奸徒
[奸徒]
  • a crafty villain
sēngtú
僧徒
[僧徒]
  • Buddhist monks
Dāntú
丹徒
[丹徒]
  • Dantu district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市/镇江市 ( Zhènjiāngshì), Jiangsu
túdì
徒弟
[徒弟]
  • apprentice
  • disciple
dǎitú
歹徒
[歹徒]
  • evildoer
  • malefactor
  • gangster
  • hoodlum
jiǔtú
酒徒
[酒徒]
  • drunkard
fěitú
匪徒
[匪徒]
  • gangster
  • bandit
túrán
徒然
[徒然]
  • in vain
pàntú
叛徒
[叛徒]
  • traitor
  • turncoat
  • rebel
  • renegade
  • insurgent
shǐtú
使徒
[使徒]
  • apostle
bótú
博徒
[博徒]
  • gambler
shèngtú
圣徒
[聖徒]
  • saint
túxíng
徒刑
[徒刑]
  • prison sentence
dǎngtú
党徒
[黨徒]
  • clique member
  • henchman
  • gang member
  • crony
túxī
徒裼
[徒裼]
  • barefooted and barebreasted
ètú
恶徒
[惡徒]
  • hoodlum
  • bad guy
méntú
门徒
[門徒]
  • disciple
piàntú
骗徒
[騙徒]
  • cheat
  • swindler
shītú
师徒
[師徒]
  • master and disciple
túláo
徒劳
[徒勞]
  • futile
túzhǎng
徒长
[徒長]
  • (of a plant) to experience excessive vegetative growth (at the expense of flowering or fruiting)
gāotú
高徒
[高徒]
  • brilliant student
xuétú
学徒
[學徒]
  • apprentice
  • to serve an apprenticeship
xìntú
信徒
[信徒]
  • believer
tújù
徒具
[徒具]
  • to only have
qiútú
囚徒
[囚徒]
  • prisoner
túbùqū
徒步区
[徒步區]
  • (Tw) car-free zone
  • pedestrian zone
zōngjiàotú
宗教徒
[宗教徒]
  • adherent of religion
  • disciple
túshǒuhuà
徒手画
[徒手畫]
  • freehand drawing
Jīdūtú
基督徒
[基督徒]
  • Christian
Fójiàotú
佛教徒
[佛教徒]
  • Buddhist
Dāntúqū
丹徒区
[丹徒區]
  • Dantu district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市/镇江市 ( Zhènjiāngshì), Jiangsu
yìjiàotú
异教徒
[異教徒]
  • member of another religion
  • heathen
  • pagan
  • heretic
  • apostate
xīnjiàotú
新教徒
[新教徒]
  • Protestant
  • adherent of Protestantism
Dēngtúzǐ
登徒子
[登徒子]
  • Master Dengtu, a famous historical lecherous character
  • lecher; skirt-chaser
qīngjiàotú
清教徒
[清教徒]
  • Puritan
Antúshēng
安徒生
[安徒生]
  • Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
Dàojiàotú
道教徒
[道教徒]
  • a Daoist
  • a follower of Daoism
túhūfùfù
徒呼负负
[徒呼負負]
  • to feel powerless and full of shame (idiom)
túláowúgōng
徒劳无功
[徒勞無功]
  • to work to no avail (idiom)
jiǔsèzhītú
酒色之徒
[酒色之徒]
  • follower of wine and women
  • dissolute person
mǎchǐtúzēng
马齿徒增
[馬齒徒增]
  • (self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything (idiom)
Shǐtú Xíng Zhuàn
使徒行传
[使徒行傳]
  • Acts of the Apostles (New Testament)
yǒuqītúxíng
有期徒刑
[有期徒刑]
  • limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)
zūnshī'àitú
尊师爱徒
[尊師愛徒]
  • title of a Daoist priest
  • revered master
Tiānzhǔjiàotú
天主教徒
[天主教徒]
  • Catholic
  • follower of Catholicism
tāotièzhītú
饕餮之徒
[饕餮之徒]
  • glutton
  • gourmand
  • by extension, person who is greedy for power, money, sex etc
Sītú Léidēng
司徒雷登
[司徒雷登]
  • John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China
túbùlüxíng
徒步旅行
[徒步旅行]
  • hiking
wúqītúxíng
无期徒刑
[無期徒刑]
  • life imprisonment
túyōngxūmíng
徒拥虚名
[徒擁虛名]
  • to possess an undeserved reputation (idiom)
túzìjīngrǎo
徒自惊扰
[徒自驚擾]
  • (idiom) to become alarmed for no good reason
túyǒuxūmíng
徒有虚名
[徒有虛名]
  • with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame
  • nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
Yìndùjiàotú
印度教徒
[印度教徒]
  • Hindu
  • adherent of Hinduism
hàosèzhītú
好色之徒
[好色之徒]
  • lecher
  • womanizer
  • dirty old man
wángmìngzhītú
亡命之徒
[亡命之徒]
  • runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  • fugitive
bùchěngzhītú
不逞之徒
[不逞之徒]
  • desperado
hàoshìzhītú
好事之徒
[好事之徒]
  • busybody
jiātúsìbì
家徒四壁
[家徒四壁]
  • lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
  • fig. very poor
  • wretched
túláowúyì
徒劳无益
[徒勞無益]
  • futile endeavor (idiom)
túbùlùjìng
徒步路径
[徒步路徑]
  • hiking trail
túyǒuqímíng
徒有其名
[徒有其名]
  • with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame
  • nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
Jīdūjiàotú
基督教徒
[基督教徒]
  • a Christian
fěitújítuán
匪徒集团
[匪徒集團]
  • gangster
lǎodàtúshāngbēi
老大徒伤悲
[老大徒傷悲]
  • vain regrets of old age (idiom)
Dá'ěrwénxuétú
达尔文学徒
[達爾文學徒]
  • Darwinian
míngshīchūgāotú
名师出高徒
[名師出高徒]
  • A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
yǒuqíshī,bìyǒuqítú
有其师,必有其徒
[有其師,必有其徒]
  • As the teacher, so the pupil. (idiom)
Yēsū Jīdū Mòshì Shèngtú Jiàohuì
耶稣基督末世圣徒教会
[耶穌基督末世聖徒教會]
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Yēsū Jīdū Hòuqī Shèngtú Jiàohuì
耶稣基督后期圣徒教会
[耶穌基督後期聖徒教會]
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
shàozhuàngbùnǔlì,lǎodàtúshāngbēi
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲
[少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲]
  • if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
shuǐzhìqīngzéwúyú,rénzhìcházéwútú
水至清则无鱼,人至察则无徒
[水至清則無魚,人至察則無徒]
  • (idiom) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends