涂 tu tú

surname; name of certain rivers

HSK 5 #1735

DEFINITIONS

涂 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]

STROKES

WORDS

糊涂 hú tu
HSK 5
muddled; silly; confused
涂抹 tú mǒ
HSK 6
to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase; to obliterate
一塌糊涂 yī tā hú tu muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess
涂鸦 tú yā graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble
涂料 tú liào paint
一败涂地 yī bài tú dì failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; beaten and in a hopeless position
老糊涂 lǎo hú tu dotard
糊里糊涂 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]
稀里糊涂 xī li hú tu muddleheaded; careless
涂改 tú gǎi to alter (text); to change by painting over; to correct (with correction fluid)
涂层 tú céng protective layer; coating
糊涂虫 hú tu chóng blunderer; bungler
胡涂 hú tu variant of 糊塗|糊涂[hu2 tu5]
涂脂抹粉 tú zhī mǒ fěn to put on makeup; to prettify
涂装 tú zhuāng painted ornament; livery (on airline or company vehicle)
滩涂 tān tú mudflat
生灵涂炭 shēng líng tú tàn people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
糊涂账 hú tu zhàng muddled accounts; a mess of bookkeeping
涂乙 tú yǐ to trim or add (to a text); to edit
涂去 tú qù to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc; to paint out; to paint over
涂家 tú jiā painter; artist
涂写 tú xiě to daub; to scribble (graffiti)
涂径 tú jìng path; road
涂抹酱 tú mǒ jiàng spread (for putting on bread etc)
涂改液 tú gǎi yè correction fluid
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