tu

smear, daub, apply, spread; paint

DEFINITIONS

塗 tú
  • to apply (paint etc)
  • to smear
  • to daub
  • to blot out
  • to scribble
  • to scrawl
  • (literary) mud
  • street
  • surname Tu
  • variant of 途[tu2]

WORDS

飾 tú shì to apply paint, veneer etc; to plaster over; decorative coating; finish; veneer
飾劑 tú shì jì coating agent; finishing agent
鴉 tú yā graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble
鴨 tú yā variant of 塗鴉|涂鸦[tu2 ya1]; graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble
壹敗地 yī bài tú dì beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; failed and in a hopeless position
魚 tán tú yú mudskipper (amphibious fish)
放著明白裝糊 fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu to pretend not to know (idiom)
軒冕 ní tú xuān miǎn to despise titles and high offices
hǎi tú tidal marsh; shoal; shallows
圍墾 hǎi tú wéi kěn tideland reclamation
tān tú mudflat
wū tu unclear; not straightforward; (of drinking water) lukewarm; tepid
生靈炭 shēng líng tú tàn people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
稀裏糊 xī li hú tu muddleheaded; careless
hú tu muddled; silly; confused
蟲 hú tu chóng blunderer; bungler
賬 hú tu zhàng muddled accounts; a mess of bookkeeping
糊糊 hú hu tú tu confused; muddled; stupid; dumb
糊裡糊 hú li hú tú confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze; variant of 糊裡糊塗|糊里糊涂[hu2 li5 hu2 tu2]
糊里糊 hú li hú tú confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze; variant of 糊裡糊塗|糊里糊涂[hu2 li5 hu2 tu2]
老糊 lǎo hú tu dotard
聰明一世,糊一時 cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom); every man has a fool in his sleeve
肝腦地 gān nǎo tú dì to offer one's life in sacrifice
hú tu variant of 糊塗|糊涂[hu2 tu5]
蟲 hú tu chóng blunderer; bungler; also written 糊塗蟲|糊涂虫