Usage of the character 涂
tú
涂
[塗]
- to apply (paint etc)
- to smear
- to daub
- to blot out
- to scribble
- to scrawl
- (literary) mud
- street
Tú
涂
[涂]
- surname Tu
tú
涂
[涂]
- variant of 途 (tú)
túxiě
涂写
[塗寫]
- to daub
- to scribble (graffiti)
hútu
胡涂
[胡塗]
- variant of 糊塗／糊涂 (hútu)
túcéng
涂层
[塗層]
- protective layer
- coating
túwū
涂污
[塗污]
- to smear; to deface
hútu
糊涂
[糊塗]
- muddled
- silly
- confused
tāntú
滩涂
[灘塗]
- mudflat
túpiàn
涂片
[塗片]
- smear (medical sample); microscope slide
túliào
涂料
[塗料]
- paint
tútàn
涂炭
[塗炭]
- extreme distress
- in utter misery
túfū
涂敷
[塗敷]
- to smear
- to daub
- to plaster
- to apply (ointment)
tútán
涂潭
[塗潭]
- muddy water in a pool or pond
túgài
涂盖
[塗蓋]
- to coat
- to mask
- to plaster over
túyā
涂鸦
[塗鴉]
- graffiti
- scrawl
- poor calligraphy
- to write badly
- to scribble
túzhuāng
涂装
[塗裝]
- painted ornament
- livery (on airline or company vehicle)
túshì
涂饰
[塗飾]
- to apply paint, veneer etc
- to plaster over
- decorative coating
- finish
- veneer
tújiā
涂家
[塗家]
- painter
- artist
tújìng
涂径
[塗徑]
- path
- road
túyóu
涂油
[塗油]
- to grease
- to oil
- to baste (cookery)
wūtu
乌涂
[烏塗]
- unclear
- not straightforward
- (of drinking water) lukewarm
- tepid
túqù
涂去
[塗去]
- to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc
- to paint out
- to paint over
hǎitú
海涂
[海塗]
- tidal marsh
- shoal
- shallows
Túshān
涂山
[涂山]
- Mt Tu in Zhejiang
túyǐ
涂乙
[塗乙]
- to edit (a text)
túyā
涂鸭
[塗鴨]
- variant of 塗鴉／涂鸦 (túyā)
- graffiti
- scrawl
- poor calligraphy
- to write badly
- to scribble
Dāngtú
当涂
[當涂]
- Dangtu, a county in Ma'anshan 馬鞍山／马鞍山 ( Mǎǎnshǎn), Anhui
túmǒ
涂抹
[塗抹]
- to paint
- to smear
- to apply (makeup etc)
- to doodle
- to erase
- to obliterate
túgǎi
涂改
[塗改]
- to alter (text)
- to change by painting over
- to correct (with correction fluid)
tújiàngtái
涂浆台
[塗漿檯]
- pasting table (for wallpapering)
túyóuyú
涂油于
[塗油於]
- anoint
túmǒjiàng
涂抹酱
[塗抹醬]
- spread (for putting on bread etc)
túbáijì
涂白剂
[塗白劑]
- a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc
Tú'ěrgàn
涂尔干
[涂爾幹]
- Durkheim (1858-1917), French sociologist
túgǎiyè
涂改液
[塗改液]
- correction fluid
hútuchóng
糊涂虫
[糊塗蟲]
- blunderer
- bungler
hútuchóng
胡涂虫
[胡塗蟲]
- blunderer
- bungler
- also written 糊塗蟲／糊涂虫
túshìjì
涂饰剂
[塗飾劑]
- coating agent
- finishing agent
Dāngtú Xiàn
当涂县
[當涂縣]
- Dangtu, a county in Ma'anshan 馬鞍山／马鞍山 ( Mǎǎnshǎn), Anhui
tántúyú
弹涂鱼
[彈塗魚]
- mudskipper (amphibious fish)
lǎohútu
老糊涂
[老糊塗]
- dotard
hútuzhàng
糊涂账
[糊塗賬]
- muddled accounts
- a mess of bookkeeping
hǎitúwéikěn
海涂围垦
[海塗圍墾]
- tideland reclamation
yītāhútu
一塌糊涂
[一塌糊塗]
- muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
- complete shambles
- a total mess
túzhīmǒfěn
涂脂抹粉
[塗脂抹粉]
- to put on makeup
- to prettify
húlihútú
糊里糊涂
[糊里糊塗]
- variant of 糊裡糊塗／糊里糊涂 (húlihútú)
nítúxuānmiǎn
泥涂轩冕
[泥塗軒冕]
- to despise titles and high offices
húlihútú
糊里糊涂
[糊裡糊塗]
- confused
- vague
- indistinct
- muddle-headed
- mixed up
- in a daze
shēnglíngtútàn
生灵涂炭
[生靈塗炭]
- people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
gānnǎotúdì
肝脑涂地
[肝腦塗地]
- to offer one's life in sacrifice
xīlihútu
稀里糊涂
[稀裏糊塗]
- muddleheaded
- careless
cāngshēngtútàn
苍生涂炭
[蒼生塗炭]
- the common people in a miserable state
cháilángdāngtú
豺狼当涂
[豺狼當塗]
- ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power
- a vicious tyranny rules the land
húhutútu
糊糊涂涂
[糊糊塗塗]
- confused
- muddled
- stupid
- dumb
yībàitúdì
一败涂地
[一敗塗地]
- lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom)
- fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
chuāizhemíngbaizhuānghútu
揣着明白装糊涂
[揣著明白裝糊塗]
- to pretend to not know
- to play dumb
fàngzhemíngbaizhuānghútu
放着明白装糊涂
[放著明白裝糊塗]
- to pretend not to know (idiom)
cōngmingyīshì,hútuyīshí
聪明一世，糊涂一时
[聰明一世，糊塗一時]
- (idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment; every man has a fool in his sleeve