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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *涂* | 涂* | *涂
variant of
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *塗* | 塗* | *塗
to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / (literary) mud / street
HSK 7-9
path / road
graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *涂* | 涂* | *涂
surname Tu
protective layer / coating
paint
(idiom) to put on makeup / (idiom) to prettify
to apply paint, veneer etc / to plaster over / decorative coating / finish / veneer
to daub / to scribble (graffiti)
to alter (text) / to change by painting over / to correct (with correction fluid)
to paint / to smear / to apply (makeup etc) / to doodle / to erase / to obliterate
to grease / to oil / to baste (cookery)
extreme distress / in utter misery
to coat / to mask / to plaster over
to edit (a text); to revise (a manuscript)
Mt Tu in Zhejiang
correction fluid
Durkheim (1858-1917), French sociologist
painter / artist
to smear; to deface
to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc / to paint out / to paint over
spread (for putting on bread etc)
to smear / to daub / to plaster / to apply (ointment)
anoint
pasting table (for wallpapering)
muddy water in a pool or pond
smear (medical sample); microscope slide
a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc
painted ornament / livery (on airline or company vehicle)
coating agent / finishing agent
variant of 塗鴉|涂鸦 / graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble


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