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途

tú

HSK 5 Character

What 途 means

1. way
2. route
3. road

Example sentences

• 旅途愉快！
  Have a nice trip!
• 前途一片阴暗。
  Qiántú yī piàn yīn'àn.
  The future looked very gloomy.
• 不要半途而废。
  Bù yào bàntú'érfèi.
  Once you have begun to do something, never give up.
• 祝你旅途愉快。
  I wish you a pleasant voyage.
• 你会前途无量的。
  Your future is bright.
• 我为我前途奋斗。
  I am fighting for my future.

Words starting with 途

• 途径tú jìngway; means; channel
• 途中tú zhōngen route
• 途经tú jīngto pass through; via; by way of
• 途人tú rénpasser-by; stranger

Words containing 途

• 前途qián túprospects; future outlook; journey
• 长途cháng túlong distance; long-distance phone call…
• 用途yòng túuse; application
• 半途而废bàn tú ér fèito give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
• 旅途lǚ tújourney; trip
• 沿途yán túalong the sides of the road; by the wayside
• 中途zhōng túmidway
• 路途lù tú(lit. and fig.) road; path
• 长途电话cháng tú diàn huàlong-distance phone call
• 长途汽车cháng tú qì chēlong-distance coach
• 长途车cháng tú chēlong-distance bus
• 仕途shì túofficial career (formal)
• 征途zhēng túlong journey; trek; course of an expedition
• 半途bàn túhalfway; midway
• 归途guī túthe way back; one's journey home
• 长途跋涉cháng tú bá shèlong and difficult trek
• 迷途mí túto lose one's way
• 歧途qí túfork in a road; wrong road
• 道听途说dào tīng tú shuōgossip; hearsay; rumor
• 误入歧途wù rù qí túto take a wrong step in life (idiom); to go astray
• 前途无量qián tú wú liàngto have boundless prospects
• 穷途末路qióng tú mò lùlit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse…
• 殊途同归shū tú tóng guīdifferent routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the…
• 危途wēi túdangerous road

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
• 叙xùto narrate; to chat
• 涂túto apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub
• 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 途

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

• 造zàoto make; to build; to manufacture
• 透tòu(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly…
• 逮dài(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 逸yì(bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 逢féngto meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

Sounds the same

Read tú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 图diagram; picture; drawing
• 涂to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub
• 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