Word information
Simplified涂抹
Traditional塗抹
Pinyintú mǒ
Part of speechv
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.06
Chinese word dictionary
涂抹
tú mǒ · to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase
Character breakdown
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How to learn 涂抹
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Related vocabulary
Words with the same characters
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糊涂hútu
muddled; silly; confused
抹mǒto smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
抹杀mǒshāto erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence; to expunge; to blot out; to suppress
涂túsurname Tu; to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street; variant of 途[tu2]
一塌糊涂yìtāhútúmuddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess