Usage of the character 禿
tū
秃
[禿]
- bald (lacking hair or feathers)
- barren; bare; denuded
- blunt (lacking a point)
- (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory; lacking something
tūguàn
秃鹳
[禿鸛]
- (bird species of China) lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)
yuántū
圆秃
[圓禿]
- spot baldness (alopecia areata)
zéitū
贼秃
[賊禿]
- (derog.) Buddhist monk
tūyīng
秃鹰
[禿鷹]
- condor
- bald eagle
tūzi
秃子
[禿子]
- bald-headed person
- baldy
bāntū
班秃
[班禿]
- spot baldness (alopecia areata)
Tūfā
秃发
[禿發]
- a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑／鲜卑 nomadic people
tūtóu
秃头
[禿頭]
- to bare one's head; to be bareheaded
- to go bald
- bald head
- bald person
tūchuāng
秃疮
[禿瘡]
- (dialect) favus of the scalp (skin disease)
tūpiáo
秃瓢
[禿瓢]
- bald head (colloquial)
tūjiù
秃鹫
[禿鷲]
- vulture
- (bird species of China) cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)
tūdǐng
秃顶
[禿頂]
- bald head
tūlü
秃驴
[禿驢]
- (derog.) Buddhist monk
guāngtūtū
光秃秃
[光禿禿]
- bald; bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc)
tūbǎogài
秃宝盖
[禿寶蓋]
- name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14)
- see also 冖 (mì)
tūbíwūyā
秃鼻乌鸦
[禿鼻烏鴉]
- (bird species of China) rook (Corvus frugilegus)
zhǐzhehéshangmàtūzi
指着和尚骂秃子
[指著和尚罵禿子]
- lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom)
- fig. to insult indirectly
- to criticize obliquely
duìzhehéshangmàzéitū
对着和尚骂贼秃
[對著和尚罵賊禿]
- lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (idiom)
- fig. to insult indirectly; to criticize obliquely