塗 [涂]

Jyutping caa4
Pinyin tú

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to apply (paint etc)/to smear/to daub/to blot out/to scribble/to scrawl/(literary) mud/street

塗 [涂]

Jyutping tou4
Pinyin tú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to apply (paint etc)
  2. to smear
  3. to daub
  4. to blot out
  5. to scribble
  6. to scrawl
  7. (literary) mud
  8. street
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to apply (paint etc)/to smear/to daub/to blot out/to scribble/to scrawl/(literary) mud/street
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    將液​體同​流質​狀​嘅​嘢​響​一​個​平面​抹開
    to spread out; to apply; to smear
  2. 語素
    用液​體同​流質​狀​嘅​嘢​覆​蓋​走​一​啲​嘢
    to blot out; to cross out
    • 將啲錯字用塗改液塗咗佢！
      将啲错字用涂改液涂咗佢！
      zoeng1 di1 co3 zi6 jung6 tou4 goi2 jik6 tou4 zo2 keoi5!
      Cross out the wrong words with a correction pen!
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, Min-Nan
    earth; ground
  2. character
    to cross out; to blot out
  3. character
    a surname
  4. character
    mud; shoal
  5. character
    to daub; to smear; to apply; to paint; to plaster
    • 塗指甲
      涂指甲
      tú zhǐ jia
      to paint nails
  6. character
    to scribble; to scrawl over
  7. character
    Used in 塗山／涂山.
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. smear, daub, apply, spread
  2. paint
  3. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    EDG
  4. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    EOMD
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #4179
  2. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #879
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    小事聪明，大事糊涂。
    小事聰明，大事糊塗。
    xiǎo shì cōng ming ， dà shì hú tu 。
    • Penny wise, pound foolish.
  2. Mandarin
    她涂了眼影。
    她塗了眼影。
    tā tú le yǎn yǐng 。
    • She's wearing eye shadow.
  3. Mandarin
    我们把门涂成了绿色。
    我們把門塗成了綠色。
    wǒ men bǎ mén tú chéng le lǜ sè 。
    • We painted the door green.
  4. Mandarin
    你不想涂防晒霜是你的问题，但是晒伤了不要来抱怨。
    你不想塗防曬霜是你的問題，但是曬傷了不要來抱怨。
    nǐ bù xiǎng tú fáng shài shuāng shì nǐ de wèn tí ， dàn shì shài shāng le bù yào lái bào yuàn 。
    • If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.
  5. Mandarin
    她把墙壁都涂成了白色。
    她把牆壁都塗成了白色。
    tā bǎ qiáng bì dōu tú chéng le bái sè 。
    • She painted the walls white.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    老糊涂
    老糊塗
    lou5 wu4 tou4
    • muddled elderly
  2. Cantonese
    佢年纪越大越糊涂。
    佢年紀越大越糊塗。
    keoi5 nin4 gei2 jyut6 daai6 jyut6 wu4 tou4.
    • He became increasingly muddled as he grew older.
  3. Cantonese
    班童军操兵操到一塌糊涂。
    班童軍操兵操到一塌糊塗。
    baan1 tung4 gwan1 cou1 bing1 cou1 dou3 jat1 taap3 wu4 tou4.
    • These scouts drill like a mess.
  4. Cantonese
    糊涂虫
    糊塗蟲
    wu4 tou4 cung4
    • a muddle-headed person, literally "muddle-headed bug".
  5. Cantonese
    将啲错字用涂改液涂咗佢！
    將啲錯字用塗改液塗咗佢！
    zoeng1 di1 co3 zi6 jung6 tou4 goi2 jik6 tou4 zo2 keoi5!
    • Cross out the wrong words with a correction pen!
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    涂指甲
    塗指甲
    tú zhǐ jia
    • to paint nails
  2. Mandarin
    荒葛罥涂，坛罗虺蜮，
    荒葛罥塗，壇羅虺蜮，
    huāng gě juàn tú ， tán luó huǐ yù ，
    • Wild kudzu vines tangle the paths,
      In the halls gather vipers and bombardier beetles,
  3. Mandarin
    从遗憾里发觉做人不必很深奥，糊涂才是美。
    從遺憾裏發覺做人不必很深奧，糊塗才是美。
    cóng yí hàn lǐ fā jué zuò rén bù bì hěn shē nào ， hú tú cái shì měi ．
    • From regrets discovering [that] one does not need to live a complicated life, being foolish is [true] beauty.
  4. Mandarin
    世上最可笑的是那些“知识里手”，有了道听涂说的一知半解，便自封为“天下第一”，适足见其不自量而已。
    世上最可笑的是那些“知識裏手”，有了道聽塗説的一知半解，便自封為“天下第一”，適足見其不自量而已。
    shì shàng zuì kě xiào de shì nà xiē “ zhī shi lǐ shǒu ” ， yǒu le dào tīng tú shuō de yī zhī bàn jiě ， biàn zì fēng wéi “ tiān xià dì yī ” ， shì zú jiàn qí bù zì liàng ér yǐ ．
    • The most ridiculous person in the world is the “know all” who picks up a smattering of hearsay knowledge and proclaims themselves “the world's Number One authority”; this merely shows that they have not taken a proper measure of themselves.
  5. Mandarin
    涂口红
    塗口紅
    tú kǒu hóng
    • to put on lipstick