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HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. to apply (paint etc)
  2. 2. to smear
  3. 3. to daub
  4. 4. to blot out
  5. 5. to scribble
  6. 6. to scrawl
  7. 7. (literary) mud
  8. 8. street

Words Containing 涂

稀里糊涂
xī li hú tu

muddleheaded

涂炭
tú tàn

extreme distress

当涂
dāng tú

Dangtu county in Ma'anshan 馬鞍山|马鞍山[mǎ ān shān], Anhui

涂料
tú liào

paint

涂白剂
tú bái jì

a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc

当涂县
dāng tú xiàn

Dangtu county in Ma'anshan 馬鞍山|马鞍山[mǎ ān shān], Anhui

涂油于
tú yóu yú

anoint

一败涂地
yī bài tú dì

lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom)

涂尔干
tú ěr gàn

Durkheim (1858-1917), French sociologist

聪明一世,糊涂一时
cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí

even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom)

涂盖
tú gài

to coat

涂抹
tú mǒ

to paint

老糊涂
lǎo hú tu

dotard

涂片
tú piàn

smear (medical sample); microscope slide

涂乙
tú yǐ

to edit (a text)

糊涂账
hú tu zhàng

muddled accounts

豺狼当涂
chái láng dāng tú

a vicious tyranny rules the land

糊涂虫
hú tu chóng

blunderer

涂抹酱
tú mǒ jiàng

spread (for putting on bread etc)

涂潭
tú tán

muddy water in a pool or pond

涂改液
tú gǎi yè

correction fluid

揣着明白装糊涂
chuāi zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu

to pretend to not know

涂改
tú gǎi

to alter (text)

弹涂鱼
tán tú yú

mudskipper (amphibious fish)

涂饰剂
tú shì jì

coating agent

涂饰
tú shì

to apply paint, veneer etc

胡涂虫
hú tu chóng

blunderer

糊糊涂涂
hú hu tú tu

confused

肝脑涂地
gān nǎo tú dì

to offer one's life in sacrifice

涂浆台
tú jiàng tái

pasting table (for wallpapering)

涂污
tú wū

to smear; to deface

涂层
tú céng

protective layer

涂山
tú shān

Mt Tu in Zhejiang

涂鸦
tú yā

graffiti

涂装
tú zhuāng

painted ornament

涂去
tú qù

to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc

糊里糊涂
hú li hú tú

confused

乌涂
wū tu

unclear

海涂围垦
hǎi tú wéi kěn

tideland reclamation

生灵涂炭
shēng líng tú tàn

people are in a terrible situation (idiom)

一塌糊涂
yī tā hú tu

muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition

泥涂轩冕
ní tú xuān miǎn

to despise titles and high offices

涂家
tú jiā

painter

放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu

to pretend not to know (idiom)

涂油
tú yóu

to grease

滩涂
tān tú

mudflat

涂脂抹粉
tú zhī mǒ fěn

to put on makeup

涂敷
tú fū

to smear

糊涂
hú tu

muddled

苍生涂炭
cāng shēng tú tàn

the common people in a miserable state

海涂
hǎi tú

tidal marsh

涂径
tú jìng

path

涂写
tú xiě

to daub