涂 (tú) means Smear (daub - spread - paint). Below are 4 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
我越听越糊 涂 。
Wǒ yuè tīng yuè hútu.
The more I listen the more confused I get.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 糊涂
孩子在纸上随意 涂 抹。
Háizi zài zhǐ shang suíyì túmǒ.
The child scribbled freely on the paper.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 涂抹
他在伤口上 涂 抹了药膏。
Tā zài shāngkǒu shang túmǒ le yàogāo.
He smeared ointment on the wound.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 涂抹
他老了，有时候有点糊 涂 。
Tā lǎo le, yǒu shíhou yǒudiǎn hútu.
He is old and sometimes gets muddled.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 糊涂
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Words that contain 涂
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Questions about 涂
How is 涂 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 涂 (tú, "Smear (daub - spread - paint)"), 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 涂 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 涂 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 涂?
The dictionary page for 涂 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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