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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tú | tu2
English translation
diagram
picture
drawing
chart
map
CL: zhāng
> Zhāng [zhāng]
to plan
to scheme
to attempt
to pursue
to seek
diagram, chart, map, picture; to plan

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

wéi

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Simplified form of ; a map of a district's borders  wéi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

囗冬

Explanation

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a map of territory.

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zhè běn Shū 所有 suǒyǒu de 插图 chā tú dōu Jiā tiē 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài dōu 开始 kāishǐ tuō le .

All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.

最初 zuìchū 粗糙 cūcāo de zài 墓碑 mù bēi shǎng de 骷髅 kū lóu 交叉 jiāochā de 大腿骨图形 tú xíng ,已为 dài 翅膀 chìbǎng de 天使 tiān shǐ suǒ 代替 dàitì .

The skull - and - crossbones crudely carved on the first tombstones was replaced by a winged cherub.

克罗伊 dūn 公爵 gōng jué 仔细 zǐxì 察看 chá kàn zhāo Zhāng tān kāi de āi Suǒ 公路 gōng lù .

The Duke of Croydon proed over an opened Esso road map.

jiāng gěi 房屋 fáng wū de 草图 cǎo tú .

I will send you a slight sketch of the house.

例如 lìrú ,每张地图 dìtú shǎng dōu 会有罗盘 luó pán 玫瑰 méi guī ,指明 zhǐ míng Dōng Nán 西 běi .

The Compass Rose - drawn on almost every map - indicated North, East, South, and West.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
diagram
试图 shìtú to attempt試圖
图片 tú piàn image圖片
地图 dìtú map地圖
图书馆 túshūguǎn library圖書館
企图 qǐtú to attempt企圖
图像 tú xiàng image圖像
图案 túàn design圖案
意图 yìtú intent意圖
图书 tú shū books (in a library or bookstore)圖書
西雅图 Xī yǎ tú Seattle, Washington State西雅圖
拼图 pīn tú jigsaw puzzle拼圖
图形 tú xíng picture圖形
图表 tú biǎo chart圖表
心电图 xīn diàn tú electrocardiogram (ECG)心電圖
图纸 tú zhǐ blueprint圖紙
蓝图 lán tú blueprint藍圖
图画 tú huà drawing圖畫
草图 cǎo tú a sketch草圖
妄图 wàng tú to try in vain妄圖
力图 lì tú to try hard to力圖
图谋 tú móu to conspire圖謀
图腾 tú téng totem (loanword)圖騰
插图 chā tú illustration插圖

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Decomposition

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