| 塗 | [ tú ] to apply (paint etc), to smear, to daub, to blot out, to scribble, to scrawl, (literary) mud, street |
| 塗乙 | [ tú yǐ ] to trim or add (to a text), to edit |
| 塗去 | [ tú qù ] to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc, to paint out, to paint over |
| 塗家 | [ tú jiā ] painter, artist |
| 塗寫 | [ tú xiě ] to daub, to scribble (graffiti) |
| 塗層 | [ tú céng ] protective layer, coating |
| 塗徑 | [ tú jìng ] path, road |
| 塗抹 | [ tú mǒ ] to paint, to smear, to apply (makeup etc), to doodle, to erase, to obliterate |
| 塗抹醬 | [ tú mǒ jiàng ] spread (for putting on bread etc) |
| 塗改 | [ tú gaǐ ] to alter (text), to change by painting over, to correct (with correction fluid) |
| 塗改液 | [ tú gaǐ yè ] correction fluid |
| 塗敷 | [ tú fū ] to smear, to daub, to plaster, to apply (ointment) |
| 塗料 | [ tú ] paint |
| 塗污 | [ tú wū ] smudge, stain, to smear (dirt, paint), to deface |
| 塗油 | [ tú yoú ] to grease, to oil, to baste (cookery) |
| 塗油於 | [ tú yoú yú ] anoint |
| 塗漿檯 | [ tú jiàng taí ] pasting table (for wallpapering) |
| 塗潭 | [ tú tán ] muddy water in a pool or pond |
| 塗炭 | [ tú tàn ] extreme distress, in utter misery |
| 塗片 | [ tú piàn ] smear (medical sample), microscope slide |
| 塗白劑 | [ tú baí jì ] a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc |
| 塗脂抹粉 | [ tú zhī mǒ fěn ] to put on makeup, to prettify |
| 塗蓋 | [ tú gaì ] to coat, to mask, to plaster over |
| 塗裝 | [ tú zhuāng ] painted ornament, livery (on airline or company vehicle) |
| 塗飾 | [ tú shì ] to apply paint, veneer etc, to plaster over, decorative coating, finish, veneer |
| 塗飾劑 | [ tú shì jì ] coating agent, finishing agent |
| 塗鴉 | [ tú yā ] graffiti, scrawl, poor calligraphy, to write badly, to scribble |
| 塗鴨 | [ tú yā ] variant of 塗鴉|涂鸦[tu2 ya1], graffiti, scrawl, poor calligraphy, to write badly, to scribble |
| ⇒ 一塌糊塗 | [ yī tā hú tu ] muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition, complete shambles, a total mess |
| ⇒ 一敗塗地 | [ yī baì tú dì ] lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom), fig. to suffer a crushing defeat |
| ⇒ 彈塗魚 | [ tán tú yú ] mudskipper (amphibious fish) |
| ⇒ 揣著明白裝糊塗 | [ zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu ] to pretend to not know, to play dumb |
| ⇒ 放著明白裝糊塗 | [ fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu ] to pretend not to know (idiom) |
| ⇒ 泥塗軒冕 | [ ní tú xuān miǎn ] to despise titles and high offices |
| ⇒ 海塗 | [ haǐ tú ] tidal marsh, shoal, shallows |
| ⇒ 海塗圍墾 | [ haǐ tú weí kěn ] tideland reclamation |
| ⇒ 灘塗 | [ tān tú ] mudflat |
| ⇒ 烏塗 | [ wū tu ] unclear, not straightforward, (of drinking water) lukewarm, tepid |
| ⇒ 生靈塗炭 | [ shēng líng tú tàn ] people are in a terrible situation (idiom) |
| ⇒ 稀裏糊塗 | [ xī li hú tu ] muddleheaded, careless |
| ⇒ 糊塗 | [ hú tu ] muddled, silly, confused |
| ⇒ 糊塗蟲 | [ hú tu chóng ] blunderer, bungler |
| ⇒ 糊塗賬 | [ hú tu zhàng ] muddled accounts, a mess of bookkeeping |
| ⇒ 糊糊塗塗 | [ hú hu tú tu ] confused, muddled, stupid, dumb |
| ⇒ 糊糊塗塗 | [ hú hu tú tu ] confused, muddled, stupid, dumb |
| ⇒ 糊裡糊塗 | [ hú li hú tú ] confused, vague, indistinct, muddle-headed, mixed up, in a daze |
| ⇒ 糊里糊塗 | [ hú li hú tú ] variant of 糊裡糊塗|糊里糊涂[hu2 li5 hu2 tu2] |
| ⇒ 老糊塗 | [ laǒ hú tu ] dotard |
| ⇒ 聰明一世，糊塗一時 | [ cōng ming yī shì hú tu yī shí ] even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom), every man has a fool in his sleeve |
| ⇒ 肝腦塗地 | [ gān naǒ tú dì ] to offer one's life in sacrifice |
| ⇒ 胡塗 | [ hú tu ] variant of 糊塗|糊涂[hu2 tu5] |
| ⇒ 胡塗蟲 | [ hú tu chóng ] blunderer, bungler, also written 糊塗蟲|糊涂虫 |
| ⇒ 蒼生塗炭 | [ cāng shēng tú tàn ] the common people in a miserable state |
| ⇒ 豺狼當塗 | [ chaí láng dāng tú ] ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power, a vicious tyranny rules the land |