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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tú | tu2
English translation
to smear, to scribble, to daub; surname

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

涂土

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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zài kǎo 面包片 miàn bāo piàn 上塗 le 薄薄的一层 yī céng Shān méi jiàng .

She spread the toast thinly with raspberry jam.

这种 zhè zhǒng 塗料 hěn guì , qǐng shěng zhāo diǎn yòng .

This paint is very expensive, so please use It'sparingly.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to smear
糊涂 hútu muddled糊塗
一塌糊涂 yī tā hú tu complete shambles一塌糊塗
涂料 tú liào paint塗料
涂鸦 tú yā graffiti塗鴉
涂抹 túmǒ to paint塗抹
涂层 tú céng coating塗層
一败涂地 yī bài tú dì a crushing defeat一敗塗地
涂片 tú piàn microscope slide塗片
糊里糊涂 hú li hú tú confused糊裡糊塗
稀里糊涂 xī li hú tu muddleheaded稀裏糊塗
涂改 tú gǎi to alter (text)塗改
滩涂 tān tú mudflat灘塗
老糊涂 lǎo hú tu dotard老糊塗
胡涂 hú tu muddled胡塗
糊涂虫 hú tu chóng blunderer糊塗蟲
涂脂抹粉 tú zhī mǒ fěn to put on makeup塗脂抹粉
海涂 hǎi tú shoal海塗
糊涂账 hú tu zhàng muddled accounts糊塗賬
涂写 tú xiě to daub塗寫
生灵涂炭 shēng líng tú tàn people are in a terrible situation (idiom)生靈塗炭
当涂 Dāng tú Dangtu county in Ma'anshan 馬鞍山|马鞍山 Mǎ ān shān [Mǎ​'ān​shān], Anhui當涂

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