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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tú | tu2
English translation
way
route
road
way, road, path, journey, course

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

walk

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶余

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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zhè liè 火车 huǒ chē zài 约克 Yuē kè shì 调动 diàodòng 车厢 chēxiāng 分途行驶 xíng shǐ .

The train divides at York.

因为 yīnwèi 天气 tiānqì zhuǎn qíng ,昨天 zuótiān 短途出游 chū yóu 进入 jìn rù 高峰 gāofēng .

Because the weather turned fine yesterday, also entered the peak short - distance travel.

易碎 yì suì de 瓷器 cí qì 经过 jīngguò 颠簸 diānbǒ de 旅途 lǚ tú réng 完好无损 wán hǎo wú sǔn .

The fragile china survived the bumpy journey safe and sound.

zhè 途径 tújìng 包括 bāokuò běn suān de zhuǎn 氨基 ān jī 作用 zuòyòng ,形成 xíngchéng 酪氨酸 lào ān suān .

This pathway involves the transamination of prephenate to form pretyrosine.

jiè diào yān jiǔ shì 改变 gǎibiàn 不良 bù liáng 健康状况 jiàn kāng zhuàng kuàng de 唯一 wéiyī 途径 tújìng .

Abstention from drinking and smoking is the only way to improve your poor health.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
途径 tújìng way途徑
前途 qiántú prospects前途 qiántú
途中 tú zhōng en route途中 tú zhōng
旅途 lǚ tú journey旅途 lǚ tú
中途 zhōng tú midway中途 zhōng tú
用途 yòngtú use用途 yòngtú
长途 chángtú long distance長途
way
沿途 yán tú by the wayside沿途 yán tú
途经 tú jīng via途經
半途而废 bàntúérfèi to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished半途而廢
征途 zhēng tú trek征途 zhēng tú
迷途 mí tú to lose one's way迷途 mí tú
前途无量 qián tú wú liàng to have boundless prospects前途無量
长途跋涉 cháng tú bá shè long and difficult trek長途跋涉
歧途 qí tú fork in a road歧途 qí tú
长途电话 cháng tú diàn huà long-distance call長途電話
道听途说 dào tīng tú shuō gossip道聽途說
误入歧途 wù rù qí tú to go astray誤入歧途
仕途 shì tú official career (formal)仕途 shì tú
多用途 duō yòng tú multi-purpose多用途 duō yòng tú
归途 guī tú the way back歸途
长途车 cháng tú chē coach長途車

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Decomposition

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