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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Tú | Tu2
English translation
surname Tu
disciple
apprentice
believer
on foot
bare or empty
to no avail
only
prison sentence
disciple, follower; only, merely; in vain

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chì

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

To walk  zǒu in someone's footsteps  chì

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

彳走

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暴徒 bào tú yòng bàng qiú bàng 失去 shīqù le 知觉 zhījué .

The thugs beat him senseless with a baseball bat.

Cóng 悉尼 Xī ní dào 珀斯 Pò sī de 徒步 tú bù 旅行 lǚxíng 简直 jiǎnzhí le .

It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.

匪徒 fěi tú men yòng 绳子 shéngzi diào zài shù shǎng .

The bandits hung him by a rope from the branch of a tree.

很多基督徒 Jī dū tú dōu 定期 dìngqī Xiàng 牧师 mù shī 忏悔 chàn huǐ 他们 tā men de 罪行 zuì xíng 恶念.

Many Christians regularly confess their guilty actions and thoughts to a priest.

多数 duō shù shì Chéng yǐn de 赌徒 dǔ tú dōu Cháng shū .

Most compulsive gamblers are not successful.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
叛徒 pàn tú traitor叛徒 pàn tú
歹徒 dǎitú evildoer歹徒 dǎitú
disciple
有期徒刑 yǒu qī tú xíng limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)有期徒刑 yǒu qī tú xíng
信徒 xìn tú believer信徒 xìn tú
徒弟 túdì apprentice徒弟 túdì
徒步 tú bù to be on foot徒步 tú bù
教徒 jiào tú disciple教徒 jiào tú
基督徒 Jī dū tú Christian基督徒 Jī dū tú
学徒 xué tú apprentice學徒
暴徒 bào tú bandit暴徒 bào tú
异教徒 yì jiào tú heathen異教徒
赌徒 dǔ tú gambler賭徒
天主教徒 Tiān zhǔ jiào tú Catholic天主教徒 Tiān zhǔ jiào tú
门徒 mén tú disciple門徒
徒劳 tú láo futile徒勞
匪徒 fěi tú gangster匪徒 fěi tú
无期徒刑 wú qī tú xíng life imprisonment無期徒刑
圣徒 shèng tú saint聖徒
师徒 shī tú master and disciple師徒
徒手 tú shǒu unarmed徒手 tú shǒu
基督教徒 Jī dū jiào tú a Christian基督教徒 Jī dū jiào tú
司徒 Sī tú two-character surname Situ司徒 Sī tú
徒刑 tú xíng prison sentence徒刑 tú xíng
囚徒 qiú tú prisoner囚徒 qiú tú

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