tu

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

敷 tú fū to smear; to daub; to plaster; to apply (ointment)
污 tú wū smudge; stain; to smear (dirt, paint); to deface
油 tú yóu to grease; to oil; to baste (cookery)
油于 tú yóu yú anoint
浆台 tú jiàng tái pasting table (for wallpapering)
潭 tú tán muddy water in a pool or pond
炭 tú tàn extreme distress; in utter misery
片 tú piàn smear (medical sample); microscope slide
白剂 tú bái jì a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc
盖 tú gài to coat; to mask; to plaster over
饰 tú shì to apply paint, veneer etc; to plaster over; decorative coating; finish; veneer
饰剂 tú shì jì coating agent; finishing agent
鸭 tú yā variant of 塗鴉|涂鸦[tu2 ya1]; graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble
壹败地 yī bài tú dì beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; failed and in a hopeless position
鱼 tán tú yú mudskipper (amphibious fish)
放着明白装糊 fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu to pretend not to know (idiom)
轩冕 ní tú xuān miǎn to despise titles and high offices
hǎi tú tidal marsh; shoal; shallows
围垦 hǎi tú wéi kěn tideland reclamation
山 tú shān Mt Tu in Zhejiang
尔干 tú ěr gān Durkheim
爾干 tú ěr gān Durkheim
wū tu unclear; not straightforward; (of drinking water) lukewarm; tepid
dāng tú Dangtu county in Ma'anshan 馬鞍山|马鞍山[Ma3 an1 shan1], Anhui
dāng tú Dangtu county in Ma'anshan 馬鞍山|马鞍山[Ma3 an1 shan1], Anhui