涂

tú

surname; name of certain rivers

How to write 涂, stroke by stroke

to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street; surname Tu; variant of 途

Pictophonetic: semantic 氵 (water), phonetic 余

Made of 氵 + 余

糊涂hú tumuddled; silly; confused
涂鸦tú yāgraffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble
涂料tú liàopaint
老糊涂lǎo hú tudotard
涂抹tú mǒto paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase; to obliterate
糊里糊涂hú li hú túconfused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze
一塌糊涂yī tā hú tumuddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess
一败涂地yī bài tú dìlit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom); fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
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
涂家tú jiāpainter; artist
涂写tú xiěto daub; to scribble (graffiti)
涂层tú céngprotective layer; coating

我把起司涂在面包上
wǒ bǎ qǐ sī tú zài miàn bāo shàng
I spread cheese on bread.
他让妹妹帮他涂他房间的墙。
tā ràng mèi mei bāng tā tú tā fáng jiān de qiáng 。
He had his sister help him paint the wall of his room.
请不要在图书馆的书上涂写。
qǐng bú yào zài tú shū guǎn de shū shàng tú xiě 。
Please do not write in this library book.
她又在乱涂乱画了。
tā yòu zài luàn tú luàn huà le 。
She's scribbling away again.
你能在我的背上涂些防晒霜吗？
nǐ néng zài wǒ de bèi shàng tú xiē fáng shài shuāng ma ？
Can you put some suntan lotion on my back?