徒 (tú) means Apprentice (disciple). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
老师傅收了两个 徒 弟。
Lǎo shīfu shōu le liǎng ge túdì.
The old master took on two apprentices.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 徒弟
他们 徒 步穿越了整片森林。
Tāmen túbù chuānyuè le zhěng piàn sēnlín.
They crossed the entire forest on foot.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 穿越
警察很快抓住了那名歹 徒 。
Jǐngchá hěn kuài zhuāzhù le nà míng dǎitú.
The police soon caught the criminal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 歹徒
老师傅把手艺传授给了 徒 弟。
Lǎo shīfu bǎ shǒuyì chuánshòu gěi le túdì.
The old master passed his craft on to his apprentice.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 传授
他勇敢地拦住了逃跑的歹 徒 。
Tā yǒnggǎn de lánzhù le táopǎo de dǎitú.
He bravely blocked the fleeing villain.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 歹徒
作为 徒 弟，他跟着师父学了整整五年。
Zuòwéi túdì, tā gēnzhe shīfu xué le zhěngzhěng wǔ nián.
As an apprentice he studied under his master for a full five years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 徒弟
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Words that contain 徒
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Questions about 徒
How is 徒 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 徒 (tú, "Apprentice (disciple)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 徒 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 徒 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 徒?
The dictionary page for 徒 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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