| 塗 | 954A30 63.11 | 部居  | 畫數 13 | ㄊㄨˊ [tu2] | ||
| N. | (1) Mud: 塗炭 [tu2tan4]↓. (2) (Interch. 途 esp. LL roadside): 塗有餓  corpses of people who died of famine are seen by the roadside;遇諸塗 met on the way; 道聽塗說 hearsay. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To apply, smear: 塗上顏色 apply color; 塗一塗 smear it over; 塗不好 cannot paint or apply color well; 以粉塗面，塗粉 apply powder on face; 塗膏 apply ointment; 塗脂抹粉 apply make-up. (2) Scribble badly, disfigure with marks and lines, cross out lines in composition: 別在牆上亂塗 don't scribble or draw on the wall; 塗消作癈 invalidate by crossing or blotting out; 塗改，塗竄，塗鴉 [tu2gai3], [tu2cuan4], [tu2ya1]↓; 一敗塗地 be completely routed in battle or venture (“bite the dust”); 肝腦塗地 entrails smear the ground of (of defeated army). (3) (AC) to besmear (person's name). | |||||
| Words | 1. 塗附 [tu2fu4], v.i., aggravate evil: 如塗塗附 (AC allu.) like piling up mud on mud. 2. 塗改 [tu2gai3], v.t., cross out lines in composition. 3. 塗料 [tu2liao4], n., color paint. 4. 塗抹 [tu2mo3], v.t., smear over; write in slipshod manner. 5. 塗飾 [tu2shi4], v.t., paint over (objects). 6. 塗炭 [tu2tan4], v.i. & t., trample people like mud and ashes: 塗炭生靈 or be so trampled; v.i. & t., 生靈塗炭 i.e., treat people's lives with utter disregard. 7. 塗竄 [tu2cuan4], v.t., to delete or interpolate passage. 8. 塗鴉 [tu2ya1], v.i., (derog. of) bad writing, esp. bad calligraphy. 9. 塗乙 [tu2yi3], v.t., cross out and make a “reverse” mark (~) in composition. | |||||