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涂 meaning in English

tú

to apply (paint etc); to smear

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 塗10 strokes

Meaning of 涂

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tú
  1. to apply (paint etc)
  2. to smear
  3. to daub
  4. to blot out
  5. to scribble
  6. to scrawl
  7. (literary) mud
  8. street
tú
  1. variant of 途[tu2]
Tú
  1. surname Tu

涂 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men把bǎ门mén涂tú成chéng了le绿lǜ色sè。
We painted the door green.
她tā把bǎ奶nǎi油yóu涂tú在zài面miàn包bāo上shàng。
She spread the butter on the bread.
她tā又yòu在zài乱luàn涂tú乱luàn画huà了le。
She's doodling again.
给gěi松sōng饼bǐng机jī涂tú上shàng油yóu。
Grease the waffle maker.
她tā涂tú了le眼yǎn影yǐng。
She's wearing eye shadow.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

涂 tú · to apply · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 涂.

糊涂hútumuddled; silly
一塌糊涂yītāhútúmuddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles
涂鸦túyāgraffiti; scrawl
涂料túliàopaint
一败涂地yībàitúdìlit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom); fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
老糊涂lǎohútudotard

Questions about 涂

What does 涂 mean?

涂 (tú) means "to apply (paint etc); to smear" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 涂?

涂 is made of 1 character: 涂 (10 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 涂 an HSK word?

Yes. 涂 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 涂 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 涂 is written 塗.

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