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涂

tú

HSK 5 Character Traditional 塗

What 涂 means

1. to apply (paint etc)
2. to smear
3. to daub
4. to blot out
5. to scribble
6. to scrawl
7. literarymud
8. street

Other readings

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

• Túsurname Tu
• túvariant of {途|tú}

Example sentences

• 她涂了眼影。
  Tā tú le yǎnyǐng.
  She's wearing eye shadow.
• 涂点防晒吧。
  Tú diǎn fángshài ba.
  Put on some sunscreen.
• 全都一塌糊涂。
  Everything was a mess.
• 给松饼机涂上油。
  Gěi sōngbǐng jī tú shàng yóu.
  Grease the waffle maker.
• 他把我们弄糊涂了。
  Tā bǎ wǒmen nòng hútu le.
  He confused us.
• 我把起司涂在面包上
  Wǒ bǎ qǐsī tú zài miànbāo shàng
  I spread cheese on bread.

Words starting with 涂

• 涂抹tú mǒto paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc)
• 涂鸦tú yāgraffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy
• 涂料tú liàopaint
• 涂改tú gǎito alter (text); to change by painting over; to correct (with correction fluid)
• 涂层tú céngprotective layer; coating
• 涂去tú qùto obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint…
• 涂家tú jiāpainter; artist
• 涂写tú xiěto daub; to scribble (graffiti)
• 涂径tú jìngpath; road
• 涂污tú wūto smear; to deface
• 涂油tú yóuto grease; to oil; to baste (cookery)
• 涂片tú piànsmear (medical sample); microscope slide
• 涂盖tú gàito coat; to mask; to plaster over
• 涂装tú zhuāngpainted ornament; livery (on airline or company vehicle)
• 涂饰tú shìto decorate or finish by applying a coating; to coat (with paint, varnish etc)
• 涂山Tú shānMt Tu in Zhejiang
• 涂改液tú gǎi yècorrection fluid
• 涂油于tú yóu yúanoint
• 涂白剂tú bái jìa white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc
• 涂尔干Tú ěr gànDurkheim (1858-1917), French sociologist
• 涂乙tú yǐto edit (a text); to revise (a manuscript)
• 涂浆台tú jiàng táipasting table (for wallpapering)
• 涂脂抹粉tú zhī mǒ fěn(idiom) to put on makeup; (idiom) to prettify
• 涂抹酱tú mǒ jiàngspread (for putting on bread etc)

Words containing 涂

• 糊涂hú tumuddled; silly; confused
• 一塌糊涂yī tā hú tumuddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles…
• 稀里糊涂xī li hú tumuddleheaded; careless
• 糊里糊涂hú li hú túconfused; vague; indistinct
• 一败涂地yī bài tú dìlit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom); fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
• 海涂hǎi tútidal marsh; shoal; shallows
• 滩涂tān túmudflat
• 乌涂wū tuunclear; not straightforward; (of drinking water) lukewarm
• 弹涂鱼tán tú yúmudskipper (amphibious fish)
• 当涂县Dāng tú XiànDangtu, a county in Ma'anshan City 马鞍山市
• 巴氏涂片Bā shì tú piànPap smear; Pap test
• 肝脑涂地gān nǎo tú dìto offer one's life in sacrifice
• 糊涂虫hú tu chóngblunderer; bungler
• 糊涂账hú tu zhàngmuddled accounts; a mess of bookkeeping
• 老糊涂lǎo hú tudotard
• 糊糊涂涂hú hu tú tuconfused; muddled; stupid
• 生灵涂炭shēng líng tú tànpeople are in a terrible situation (idiom)
• 海涂围垦hǎi tú wéi kěntideland reclamation
• 豺狼当涂chái láng dāng túravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power…
• 放着明白装糊涂fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tuto pretend not to know (idiom)
• 揣着明白装糊涂chuāi zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tuto pretend to not know; to play dumb
• 聪明一世，糊涂一时cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí(idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment…
• 胡涂hú tuvariant of 糊涂
• 当涂Dāng túsee 当涂县

Characters built on 余

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

• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude
• 途túway; route; road
• 叙xùto narrate; to chat
• 徐xúslowly; gently
• 馀Yúsurname Yu
• 荼túthistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste)
• 蜍chúBufo vulgaris; toad
• 狳yúused in 犰狳

Characters that look like 涂

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

• 捷jiévictory; triumph; quick
• 偷tōuto steal; to pilfer; to snatch
• 恰qiàexactly; just
• 惨cǎnmiserable; wretched; cruel
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 捺nàto press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…

Sounds the same

Read tú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 图diagram; picture; drawing
• 途way; route; road
• 徒(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer…
• 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