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Definitions

  1. 1. disciple; apprentice; believer
  2. 2. on foot
  3. 3. bare; empty
  4. 4. to no avail
  5. 5. only
  6. 6. prison sentence

Words Containing 徒

好色之徒
hào sè zhī tú

lecher

徒手
tú shǒu

with bare hands

印度教徒
yìn dù jiào tú

Hindu

宗教徒
zōng jiào tú

adherent of religion

暴徒
bào tú

bandit

饕餮之徒
tāo tiè zhī tú

glutton

好事之徒
hào shì zhī tú

busybody

水至清则无鱼,人至察则无徒
shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú

water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends (idiom)

家徒四壁
jiā tú sì bì

lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)

天主教徒
tiān zhǔ jiào tú

Catholic

使徒
shǐ tú

apostle

酒色之徒
jiǔ sè zhī tú

follower of wine and women

徒劳无功
tú láo wú gōng

to work to no avail (idiom)

尊师爱徒
zūn shī ài tú

title of a Daoist priest

高徒
gāo tú

brilliant student

匪徒集团
fěi tú jí tuán

gangster

徒工
tú gōng

apprentice

囚徒
qiú tú

prisoner

徒手画
tú shǒu huà

freehand drawing

赌徒
dǔ tú

gambler

师徒
shī tú

master and disciple

奸徒
jiān tú

a crafty villain

达尔文学徒
dá ěr wén xué tú

Darwinian

基督徒
jī dū tú

Christian

徒步区
tú bù qū

pedestrian zone

叛徒
pàn tú

traitor

党徒
dǎng tú

clique member

异教徒
yì jiào tú

member of another religion

学徒
xué tú

apprentice

无期徒刑
wú qī tú xíng

life imprisonment

徒劳
tú láo

futile

清教徒
qīng jiào tú

Puritan

徒步路径
tú bù lù jìng

hiking trail

徒有其名
tú yǒu qí míng

with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame

徒弟
tú dì
门徒
mén tú

disciple

酒徒
jiǔ tú

drunkard

徒步
tú bù
登徒子
dēng tú zǐ

Dengtu Zi, famous lecherous character

徒具
tú jù

to only have

匪徒
fěi tú

gangster

安徒生
ān tú shēng

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)

道教徒
dào jiào tú

a Daoist

徒刑
tú xíng

prison sentence

司徒雷登
sī tú léi dēng

John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China

亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú

runaway (idiom); desperate criminal

徒步旅行
tú bù lǚ xíng

hiking

耶稣基督后期圣徒教会
yē sū jī dū hòu qī shèng tú jiào huì

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

有其师,必有其徒
yǒu qí shī , bì yǒu qí tú

As the teacher, so the pupil. (idiom)

耶稣基督末世圣徒教会
yē sū jī dū mò shì shèng tú jiào huì

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

不逞之徒
bù chěng zhī tú

desperado

新教徒
xīn jiào tú

Protestant

恶徒
è tú

hoodlum

徒有虚名
tú yǒu xū míng

with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame

徒呼负负
tú hū fù fù

to feel powerless and full of shame (idiom)

徒拥虚名
tú yōng xū míng

to possess an undeserved reputation (idiom)

博徒
bó tú

gambler

丹徒区
dān tú qū

Dantu district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市|镇江市[zhèn jiāng shì], Jiangsu

圣徒
shèng tú

saint

教徒
jiào tú

disciple

徒劳无益
tú láo wú yì

futile endeavor (idiom)

基督教徒
jī dū jiào tú

a Christian

徒自惊扰
tú zì jīng rǎo
歹徒
dǎi tú

evildoer

有期徒刑
yǒu qī tú xíng

limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)

信徒
xìn tú

believer

使徒行传
shǐ tú xíng zhuàn

Acts of the Apostles (New Testament)

徒然
tú rán

in vain

丹徒
dān tú

Dantu district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市|镇江市[zhèn jiāng shì], Jiangsu

骗徒
piàn tú

cheat

名师出高徒
míng shī chū gāo tú

A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.

僧徒
sēng tú

Buddhist monks

徒裼
tú xī

barefooted and barebreasted

佛教徒
fó jiào tú

Buddhist