涂 (塗) tú

1. tú proper noun Tu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '塗' n 3)
2. tú verb to smear; daub; to apply; to spread
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 粉刷 (Guoyu '塗' v 1; Kroll 2015 '塗' 2; Unihan '塗')
3. tú noun paint
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '塗')
4. Tú proper noun Tu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: The simplified character is also an archaic variant of the modern traditional 塗, used in old texts.
5. tú noun mud; mire
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 泥 (Guoyu '塗' n 1; Kroll 2015 '塗' 1)
6. tú verb to stain; to defile
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '塗' 1a)
7. tú verb to wipe out; to erase
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 擦去 (Guoyu '塗' v 2; Kroll 2015 '塗' 3)
8. tú verb pomegranate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In 塗林 (Kroll 2015 '塗' 4)
9. tú verb road; route
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 途 (Guoyu '塗' n 2; Kroll 2015 '塗' 5)
10. tú verb to scribble
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 涂鸦 (Guoyu '塗' v 3)
11. tú verb to pollute
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 汙染 (Guoyu '塗' v 3)

Contained in

• 涂炭(塗炭) extreme distress; in utter misery
• 涂层(塗層) protective layer; coating
• 涂敷(塗敷) to smear; to daub; to plaster; to apply (ointment)
• 涂料(塗料) paint
• 涂色(塗色) to color
• 涂改液(塗改液) correction fluid
• 尘饭涂羹(塵飯塗羹) dusty rice and dirty broth
• 涂径(塗徑) path; road
• 滩涂(灘塗) mudflat
• 涂林(塗林) pomegranate
• 稀里糊涂(稀裏糊塗) muddleheaded; careless
• 涂写(塗寫) to daub; to scribble (graffiti)
• 糊里糊涂(糊裡糊塗) muddled and confused
• 壹败涂地(壹敗塗地) beaten and wiped over the floor; to fail utterly; a crushing defeat
• 涂鸦(塗鴉) graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble
• 放着明白装糊涂(放著明白裝糊塗) to pretend not to know
• 涂去(塗去) to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc; to paint out
• 涂饰(塗飾) to apply paint, veneer etc; to plaster over; decorative coating; finish; veneer
• 涂盖(塗蓋) to coat; to mask; to plaster over
• 涂污(塗污) smudge; stain; to smear (dirt, paint); to deface
• 糊涂虫(糊塗蟲) blunderer; bungler
• 苍生涂炭(蒼生塗炭) the common people in a miserable state
• 胡涂(胡塗) muddled; silly; confused
• 胡涂虫(胡塗蟲) blunderer; bungler
• 乌涂(烏塗) unclear; not straightforward; (of drinking water) lukewarm; tepid
• 赭衣塞涂(赭衣塞塗) [so many] convicts [that they are] blocking the road
• 涂塈(塗塈) to plaster [a ceiling or wall]
• 涂油于(塗油於) anoint
• 豺狼当涂(豺狼當塗) wild dogs and wolves block the road; a vicious tyrant holds power
• 涂改(塗改) to alter
• 装糊涂(裝糊塗) pretend to be confused
• 肝脑涂地(肝腦塗地) to offer one's life in sacrifice
• 涂浆台(塗漿檯) pasting table (for wallpapering)
• 聪明一世，糊涂一时(聰明一世，糊塗一時) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment; every man has a fool in his sleeve
• 涂片(塗片) smear (medical sample); microscope slide
• 糊涂账(糊塗賬) muddled accounts; a mess of bookkeeping
• 糊涂(糊塗) muddled; silly; confused
• 涂刷(塗刷) to paint
• 涂家(塗家) painter; artist
• 涂地(塗地) ground marking paint ; a difficult situation ; everywhere
• 涂饰剂(塗飾劑) coating agent; finishing agent
• 生灵涂炭(生靈塗炭) people are in a terrible situation
• 涂抹(塗抹) to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase; to obliterate
• 涂抹酱(塗抹醬) spread (for putting on bread etc)
• 一塌糊涂(一塌糊塗) muddled and completely collapsing; in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess

Also contained in

涂装 、 崔涂 、 当涂县 、 涂尔干 、 涂色书 、 当涂

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Truncated for common words

• 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 128
• 卷七十九　志第二十九: 　輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 42
• 卷十七 志第九 輿服 Volume 17 Treatises 9: Caraiges and Dress Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 39
• 卷一百四十九 志第一百〇二 輿服一 Volume 149 Treatises 102: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 32
• 卷一百五十 志第一百〇三 輿服二 Volume 150 Treatises 103: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 27
• 卷四十一　志第二十二:　儀衞上 常朝儀衛內外立仗、常行儀衛行仗 法駕黃麾仗 Volume 41 Treatises 22: Ceremonial Guards 1 - Inner and Outer Armed Guards of Honor in Regular Court Assemblies; Marching Armed Guards; Armed Imperial Command Carriage History of Jin 金史 — count: 24
• 卷一百五十四 志第一百〇七 輿服六 Volume 154 Treatises 107: Carriages and Clothes 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
• 卷一百五十二 志第一百〇五 輿服四 Volume 152 Treatises 105: Carriages and Clothes 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 17
• 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 16
• 卷五十九 Scroll 59 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 16

Collocations

• 涛涂 (濤塗) 齊人執陳轅濤塗 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 13
• 经涂 (經塗) 經塗九軌 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 4
• 涂山 (塗山) 娶于塗山 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 4
• 涂干 (塗乾) 塗乾則益輕 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八　人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 4
• 沐涂 (沐塗) 沐涂樹之枝也 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重戊第八十四 Chapter 84: Weight V — count: 4
• 涂树 (塗樹) 沐涂樹之枝也 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重戊第八十四 Chapter 84: Weight V — count: 4
• 涂远 (塗遠) 其涂遠而至難 — Guanzi 管子, 地數第七十七 Chapter 77: Land Management — count: 3
• 善涂 (善塗) 善塗亓外 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 3
• 在涂 (在塗) 在涂稱婦 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 涂濡 (塗濡) 塗濡而椽生 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左上第三十二 Chapter 32: A Collection of Sayings III — count: 3