Meaning
to smear; daub; (surname); to smear; daub; to apply (paint)
Chinese: 涂抹；也可作姓氏。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “tu” becomes a different word in each tone. 涂 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 糊涂hú tumuddled; silly; confused
- 涂抹tú mǒto paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle
- 一塌糊涂yī tā hú tumuddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess
- 涂家tú jiāpainter; artist
- 涂去tú qùto obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc; to paint out; to paint over
Example Sentence
小朋友在画纸上涂上了五颜六色。Xiǎo péng you zài huà zhǐ shàng tú shàng le wǔ yán liù sè.The child painted the drawing paper in many colors.
小Xiǎosmall朋友péng youfriend在zàiat画huàto draw纸zhǐpaper (CL:张,沓)上shàngon涂túto apply (paint etc)上shàngon了le(completed action)五颜六色wǔ yán liù sèmulticolored。