塗

Simplified: 涂

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

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tú ㄊㄨˊ

- to apply (paint etc)
- to smear
- to daub
- to blot out
- to scribble
- to scrawl
- mud
  literary
- street

Other words read tú

In the same tone

圖 tú diagram
徒 tú disciple
途 tú way
屠 tú slaughter
荼 tú thistle

All 13 words read tú

tu with other tones

土 tǔ earth
吐 tǔ spit
突 tū dash
禿 tū bald
兔 tù rabbit

All 25 words read tu in any tone

How 塗 is written

部首 radical: 土
笔画 strokes: 13, with 10 after the 部首
结构 structure: 上下结构
偏旁 parts: 涂土
形旁 meaning: 氵
声旁 sound: 余

Words with 塗

Starting with 塗

塗料 túliào paint
塗抹 túmǒ paint
塗層 túcéng protective layer
塗改 túgǎi alter
塗片 túpiàn smear

All 25 words starting with 塗

Ending with 塗

糊塗 hútu muddled
灘塗 tāntú mudflat
一塌糊塗 yītāhútu complete shambles
糊裡糊塗 húlihútú confused
老糊塗 lǎohútu dotard

All 11 words ending with 塗

Containing 塗

一敗塗地 yībàitúdì lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies
肝腦塗地 gānnǎotúdì offer one's life in sacrifice
糊塗蟲 hútuchóng blunderer
生靈塗炭 shēnglíngtútàn people are in a terrible situation
糊塗賬 hútuzhàng muddled accounts

All 8 words containing 塗

Example sentences and grammar articles using 塗

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