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徒

tú

HSK 6 Character

What 徒 means

1. bound formdisciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in {骗徒|piàn tú} "swindler" or {叛徒|pàn tú} "traitor" etc)
2. bound formon foot
3. bound formbare; empty
4. bound formto no avail; in vain
5. bound formmerely; just; only
6. bound formprison sentence

Other readings

徒 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Túsurname Tu

Example sentences

• 名师出高徒。
  A good teacher makes good students.
• 徒手逮兔挺难。
  Túshǒu dǎi tù tǐng nán.
  It's difficult to catch a rabbit with your bare hands.
• 他们是基督徒着。
  They are Christians.
• 我是伊斯兰教徒。
  I am a Muslim.
• 你们是道教徒吗？
  Are you Taoists?
• 世界充满了叛徒。
  The world is full of traitors.

Words starting with 徒

• 徒弟tú dìapprentice; disciple
• 徒步tú bùto be on foot
• 徒劳tú láofutile
• 徒刑tú xíngprison sentence
• 徒然tú ránin vain
• 徒手tú shǒuwith bare hands; unarmed; fighting hand-to-hand
• 徒儿tú érdisciple; apprentice
• 徒具tú jùto only have
• 徒工tú gōngapprentice; trainee worker
• 徒长tú zhǎng(of a plant) to experience excessive vegetative growth…
• 徒步区tú bù qū(Taiwan) car-free zone; pedestrian zone
• 徒劳无功tú láo wú gōngto work to no avail (idiom)
• 徒劳无益tú láo wú yìfutile endeavor (idiom)
• 徒呼负负tú hū fù fùto feel powerless and full of shame (idiom)
• 徒有其名tú yǒu qí míngwith an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame…
• 徒步旅行tú bù lǚ xínghiking
• 徒手画tú shǒu huàfreehand drawing
• 徒步路径tú bù lù jìnghiking trail
• 徒有虚名tú yǒu xū míngwith an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame…
• 徒孙tú sūngrand-disciple; student's student
• 徒子徒孙tú zǐ tú sūn(idiom) disciples; followers
• 徒裼tú xī(archaic) barefooted and barebreasted
• 徒拥虚名tú yōng xū míngsee 徒有虚名

Words containing 徒

• 歹徒dǎi túevildoer; malefactor; gangster
• 匪徒fěi túgangster; bandit
• 基督徒Jī dū túChristian
• 信徒xìn túbeliever
• 学徒xué túapprentice; to serve an apprenticeship
• 教徒jiào túdisciple; follower of a religion
• 叛徒pàn tútraitor; turncoat; rebel
• 有期徒刑yǒu qī tú xínglimited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)
• 安徒生Ān tú shēngHans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
• 暴徒bào túbandit; thug; ruffian
• 门徒mén túdisciple
• 师徒shī túmaster and disciple
• 赌徒dǔ túgambler
• 囚徒qiú túprisoner; convict
• 天主教徒Tiān zhǔ jiào túCatholic; follower of Catholicism
• 使徒shǐ túapostle
• 圣徒shèng túsaint
• 佛教徒Fó jiào túBuddhist
• 无期徒刑wú qī tú xínglife imprisonment
• 基督教徒Jī dū jiào túa Christian
• 异教徒yì jiào túmember of another religion; heathen; pagan
• 清教徒qīng jiào túPuritan
• 司徒sī túminister of land and people (in ancient times)
• 回教徒Huí jiào túMuslim

Characters built on 走

These share the phonetic component 走 (zǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 趣qùinteresting; to interest
• 趋qūto hasten; to hurry; to walk fast
• 赴fùto go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)
• 趄jūused in 趑趄

Characters that look like 徒

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 捷jiévictory; triumph; quick
• 徙xǐ(literary) to change one's residence
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 挽wǎnto pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb

Sounds the same

Read tú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 图diagram; picture; drawing
• 途way; route; road
• 涂to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub
• 屠to slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 荼thistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste)
• 腯fat (of pigs)
• 酴yeast
• 㻬a kind of jade
• 峹name of a mountain
• 嵞Mt Tu in Zhejiang; also written 涂
• 瘏be injured; ill (of animals)
• 稌sticky rice