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突

tū

HSK 3 Character

What 突 means

1. to dash
2. to move forward quickly
3. to bulge
4. to protrude
5. to break through
6. to rush out
7. sudden
8. Taiwan pr. tú

Example sentences

• 我门牙突出。
  Wǒ ményá tūchū.
  My front teeth stick out.
• 灯突然灭了。
  Suddenly, the light went out.
• 我是突厥人。
  I'm Turkic.
• 她突然出名了。
  Tā tūrán chūmíng le.
  She suddenly became famous.
• 天突然转阴了。
  All of a sudden the sky became overcast.
• 突然开始下雨。
  Suddenly rain began to fall.

Words starting with 突

• 突然tū ránsudden; abrupt; unexpected
• 突出tū chūprominent; outstanding; to give prominence to
• 突破tū pòto break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount (an obstacle)
• 突然间tū rán jiānsuddenly
• 突发tū fāto occur suddenly
• 突如其来tū rú qí láito arise abruptly; to arrive suddenly; happening suddenly
• 突击tū jīsudden and violent attack; assault; fig. rushed job
• 突兀tū wùlofty; towering; sudden; abrupt
• 突围tū wéito break a siege; to break out of an enclosure
• 突厥Tū juéTurkic people, who lived across the Eurasian continent…
• 突破口tū pò kǒubreach; gap; breakthrough point
• 突变tū biànsudden change; mutation
• 突飞猛进tū fēi měng jìnto advance by leaps and bounds
• 突起tū qǐto appear suddenly; projection; bit sticking out
• 突袭tū xíto raid; to storm; surprise attack
• 突发奇想tū fā qí xiǎngsuddenly have a thought (idiom); suddenly be inspired to do something
• 突突tū tū(onomatopoeia) beating of the heart; pitapat; pulsation of a machine
• 突破性tū pò xìnggroundbreaking
• 突击队tū jī duìcommando unit
• 突尼斯Tū ní sīTunisia; Tunis, capital of Tunisia
• 突显tū xiǎnconspicuous; to make sth stand out; make sth prominent
• 突起部tū qǐ bùbit sticking out; projection
• 突尼斯市Tū ní sī shìTunis, capital of Tunisia
• 突尼西亚Tū ní xī yàTunisia (Tw)

Words containing 突

• 冲突chōng tūconflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces
• 唐突táng tūto be rude; to treat irreverently
• 异军突起yì jūn tū qǐto emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom)
• 东突Dōng TūEast Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Chinese dissident group…
• 米突mǐ tūmeter (unit of length) (loanword) (old)
• 神经突shén jīng tūnerve process
• 基因突变jī yīn tū biàngenetic mutation
• 基罗米突jī luó mǐ tūkilometer (old) (loanword)
• 神风突击队shén fēng tū jī duìkamikaze unit (Japanese corps of suicide pilots in World War II)
• 小冲突xiǎo chōng tūskirmish; clash; dispute
• 利害冲突lì hài chōng tūconflict of interest
• 利益冲突lì yì chōng tūconflict of interest
• 地区冲突dì qū chōng tūlocal or regional confrontation
• 武装冲突wǔ zhuāng chōng tūarmed conflict
• 边境冲突biān jìng chōng tūborder clash
• 错义突变cuò yì tū biànmissense mutation
• 置换突变zhì huàn tū biànmissense mutation
• 吉罗米突jí luó mǐ tūkilometer (old) (loanword)
• 烟突yān tūchimney
• 树突shù tūdendrite (branched projection of a neuron)
• 曲突徙薪qū tū xǐ xīnlit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)…
• 乳突rǔ tū(anatomy) mastoid process
• 轴突zhóu tūaxon
• 人类乳突病毒rén lèi rǔ tū bìng dúhuman papillomavirus (HPV)

Characters built on 犬

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

• 狱yùprison
• 哭kūto cry; to weep
• 伏fúto lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)
• 倏shūsudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù

Characters that look like 突

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

• 宗zōngschool; sect; purpose
• 染rǎnto dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc)
• 乘chéngto ride; to mount; to make use of
• 荣róngglory; honor; thriving
• 柴cháifirewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
• 奕yìabundant; graceful

Sounds the same

Read tū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 凸to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. tú
• 秃bald (lacking hair or feathers); barren; bare; denuded; blunt (lacking a point)
• 葖radish; daikon; Taiwan pr. tú
• 痜old variant of 秃; bald