凸
to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tu2]
图
diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; CL:張|张[zhang1]; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek
土
Tu (ethnic group); surname Tu
土
earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
涂
to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street
屠
to slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
嵞
Mt Tu in Zhejiang; also written 涂
徒
disciple; apprentice; believer; on foot; bare or empty; to no avail; only; prison sentence
痜
old variant of 禿|秃[tu1]; bald
瘏
be injured; ill (of animals)
突
to dash; to move forward quickly; to bulge; to protrude; to break through; to rush out; sudden; Taiwan pr. [tu2]
荼
thistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste); cruel; flowering grass in profusion
菟
dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses); also called 菟絲子|菟丝子
兔唇
hare lip (birth defect)
兔子
hare; rabbit; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
兔子不吃窝边草
A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
兔年
Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
兔斯基
Tuzki, a popular Chinese illustrated rabbit character
兔死狐悲
lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
兔死狗烹
lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
兔热病
tularemia; rabbit fever
兔爸
toolbar (in computer software) (loanword)
凸凸
convex on both sides (of lens); biconvex
凸出
to protrude; to stick out
凸槌
(slang) (Tw) to mess up; to screw up
凸版印刷
relief printing; typography; printing with metal plates
凸现
to come to prominence; to appear clearly; to stick out
凸起
convex; protruding; to protrude; to bulge; to buckle upwards
凸显
to present clearly; to give prominence to; to magnify; clear and obvious
吐口
to spit; fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc)
吐司
sliced bread (loanword from 'toast')
吐嘈
variant of 吐槽[tu4 cao2]
吐字
diction; enunciation; to pronounce the words correctly (in opera)
吐实
to reveal the truth; to spill the beans
吐故纳新
lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
吐槽
(slang) to roast; to ridicule; also pr. [tu3 cao2]
吐气
to exhale; to blow off steam; (phonetics) aspirated
吐火罗人
Tokharian Indo-European people of central Asia; same as 月氏人
吐瓦鲁
Tuvalu, island country in the SW Pacific (Tw)
吐痰
to spit; to expectorate
吐穗
to have the ears of grain come up
吐絮
cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior
吐丝自缚
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard
吐舌头
to stick out one's tongue
吐苦水
to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth; fig. to complain bitterly; to pour out one's sufferings
吐蕃
Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet; the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD; also pr. [Tu3 fan1]
吐蕃王朝
Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD
吐诉
to pour forth (one's opinions)
吐谷浑
Tuyuhun, a Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people; a state in Qinhai in 4th-7th century AD
吐露
to tell; to disclose; to reveal
吐鲁番
Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)
吐鲁番地区
Turpan prefecture in Xinjiang
吐鲁番市
Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)
吐鲁番盆地
the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang
图例
legend (of a map, etc); diagram; illustration; graphical symbol
图们
Tumen county level city in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州, Jilin
图们市
Tumen county level city in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州, Jilin
图们江
Tumen river in Jilin province 吉林省, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea
图像
image; picture; graphic
图像互换格式
GIF; graphic interchange format
图像用户介面
graphical user interface; GUI
图坦卡蒙
Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC
图坦卡门
Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC
图形
picture; figure; diagram; graph; depiction; graphical
图形用户界面
graphical user interface (GUI)
图形界面
Graphical User Interface (GUI) (computing)
图书
books (in a library or bookstore); CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]
图书馆
library; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
图木舒克
Tumxuk shehiri (Tumshuq city) or Túmùshūkè subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
图木舒克市
Tumxuk shehiri (Tumshuq city) or Túmùshūkè subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
图林根
Thuringia (state in Germany)
图样图森破
(Internet slang) to have a simplistic view of sth (transcription of 'too young, too simple' – English words spoken by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2 min2] in chastizing Hong Kong reporters in 2000)
图波列夫
Tupolev, Russian plane maker
图尔库
Turku (city in Finland)
图片
image; picture; photograph; CL:張|张[zhang1]
图版
printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc); print made with such a plate
图卢兹
Toulouse (city in France)
图章
stamp; seal; CL:方[fang1]
图纸
blueprint; drawing; design plans; graph paper
图西族
Tutsi, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
图解
illustration; diagram; graphical representation; to explain with the aid of a diagram
图谱
archive of graphics (e.g. maps, documents or botanical figures); atlas; collection of illustrations or sheet music
图象
variant of 圖像|图像[tu2 xiang4]
图财害命
see 謀財害命|谋财害命[mou2 cai2 hai4 ming4]
图辑
slide show; photo gallery (on website)
图门江
variant of 圖們江|图们江[Tu2 men2 jiang1]
图阿雷格
Tuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
图集
atlas; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
图灵
Alan Turing (1912-1954), English mathematician, considered as the father of computer science
土人
native; aborigine; clay figure
土伦
Toulon (city in France)
土到不行
old-fashioned; extremely kitsch
土力工程
geotechnical engineering
土包子
country bumpkin; boor; unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself); burial mound
土司
sliced bread (loanword from 'toast'); government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
土地
land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
土地公
Tudi Gong, the God of the earth
土地利用规划
land use plan (official P.R.C. government term)
土坎儿
erhua variant of 土坎[tu3 kan3]
土坯
mud brick; adobe; unfired earthenware
土埂
embankment or foothpath between paddy fields
土城
Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
土城市
Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
土坝
earth dam; dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete)
土家族
Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
土层
layer of soil; ground level
土崩瓦解
to collapse; to fall apart
土库
Tuku town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
土库曼
Turkmenistan; Republic of Turkmenistan, former Soviet republic adjoining Iran
土库镇
Tuku town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
土建
civil engineering; same as 土木工程[tu3 mu4 gong1 cheng2]
土得掉渣
(coll.) rustic; uncouth
土拉弗氏菌
Francisella tularensis
土改
land reform; same as 土地改革[tu3 di4 gai3 ge2]
土政策
local policy; regional regulations
土族
Tu or White Mongol ethnic group of Qinghai
土曜日
Saturday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
土木
building; construction; civil engineering
土木形骸
earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土木身
one's body as wood and earth; undecorated; unvarnished (truth)
土桑
Tucson (city in Arizona)
土楼
traditional communal residence, usually of circular shape, found in Fujian province
土气
rustic; uncouth; unsophisticated
土洋并举
combining native and foreign methods
土洋结合
combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
土温
temperature of the soil
土澳
Australia (slang term reflecting a perception of Australia as something of a backwater)
土炕
heated brick common bed
土牛
clay ox; mound of earth on a dike (ready for emergency repairs)
土牛木马
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance; worthless object
土狗
native dog; mole cricket (colloquial word for agricultural pest Gryllotalpa 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1])
土狼
aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), a small insectivorous relative of the hyena
土生土长
locally born and bred; indigenous; home-grown
土产
produced locally; local product (with distinctive native features)
土石流
(Tw) debris flow; mudslide
土窑
earthen kiln; loess cave
土老帽
hillbilly; yokel; redneck; bumpkin
土耳其人
a Turk; Turkish person
土耳其旋转烤肉
Turkish döner kebab
土耳其玉
turquoise (gemstone) (loanword)
土耳其石
turquoise (gemstone) (loanword)
土耳其软糖
Turkish delight; Lokum
土著人
indigenous person; aboriginal
土卫二
Enceladus (moon of Saturn)
土卫六
Titan; Saturn's sixth moon
土里土气
unsophisticated; rustic; uncouth
土话
vernacular; slang; dialect; patois
土豆
potato; CL:個|个[ge4]; (Tw) peanut; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
土豆网
Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website
土豪
local tyrant; local strong man; (slang) nouveau riche
土豪劣绅
local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
土财主
local wealthy landlord; country money-bags; rich provincial
土邦
native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)
土门
Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate
土阶茅屋
lit. earthen steps and a small cottage; frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut; frugal living conditions (idiom)
土头土脑
rustic; uncouth; unsophisticated
土魠鱼
see 馬鮫魚|马鲛鱼[ma3 jiao1 yu2]
土鳖
ground beetle; (dialect) country bumpkin
土默特右旗
Tumed right banner, Mongolian Tümed baruun khoshuu, in Baotou 包頭|包头[Bao1 tou2], Inner Mongolia
土默特左旗
Tumed left banner, Mongolian Tümed züün khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia
涂乙
to trim or add (to a text); to edit
涂写
to daub; to scribble (graffiti)
涂层
protective layer; coating
涂抹
to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase; to obliterate
涂抹酱
spread (for putting on bread etc)
涂改
to alter (text); to change by painting over; to correct (with correction fluid)
涂敷
to smear; to daub; to plaster; to apply (ointment)
涂污
smudge; stain; to smear (dirt, paint); to deface
涂油
to grease; to oil; to baste (cookery)
涂浆台
pasting table (for wallpapering)
涂潭
muddy water in a pool or pond
涂炭
extreme distress; in utter misery
涂片
smear (medical sample); microscope slide
涂脂抹粉
to put on makeup; to prettify
涂盖
to coat; to mask; to plaster over
涂装
painted ornament; livery (on airline or company vehicle)
涂饰
to apply paint, veneer etc; to plaster over; decorative coating; finish; veneer
涂饰剂
coating agent; finishing agent
涂鸦
graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble
涂鸭
variant of 塗鴉|涂鸦[tu2 ya1]; graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble
屠伯
butcher; fig. brutal killer
屠刀
butcher's knife; abattoir hatchet
屠城
to massacre everyone in a captured city
屠场
slaughterhouse; abattoir
屠夫
butcher; fig. murderous dictator
屠妖节
Deepavali (Hindu festival)
屠宰
to slaughter; to butcher
屠宰场
slaughterhouse; abattoir
屠格涅夫
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist
屠杀
to massacre; massacre; bloodbath; carnage
屠毒
poison; to murder by poison
屠毒笔墨
poisonous writing; disparaging writing; calumny
嵞山
Mt Tu in Zhejiang; also written 涂山
徒劳无功
to work to no avail (idiom)
徒劳无益
futile endeavor (idiom)
徒呼负负
to feel powerless and full of shame (idiom)
徒工
apprentice; trainee worker
徒手
with bare hands; unarmed; fighting hand-to-hand; freehand (drawing)
徒拥虚名
to possess an undeserved reputation (idiom)
徒有其名
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame; nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
徒有虚名
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame; nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
徒步区
(Tw) car-free zone; pedestrian zone
徒自惊扰
to alarm oneself unnecessarily (idiom)
徒裼
barefooted and barebreasted
秃子
bald-headed person; baldy
秃宝盖
name of 'cover' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14); see also 冖[mi4]
秃疮
(dialect) favus of the scalp (skin disease)
秃发
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people
秃驴
Buddhist monk (mocking); lit. bald donkey
秃鹫
vulture; (bird species of China) cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)
秃鹳
(bird species of China) lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)
秃鼻乌鸦
(bird species of China) rook (Corvus frugilegus)
突兀
lofty or towering; sudden or abrupt
突出
prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project
突围
to break a siege; to break out of an enclosure
突如其来
to arise abruptly; to arrive suddenly; happening suddenly
突尼斯
Tunisia; Tunis, capital of Tunisia
突尼斯市
Tunis, capital of Tunisia
突击
sudden and violent attack; assault; fig. rushed job; concentrated effort to finish a job quickly
突击检查
sudden unannounced investigation; on-the-spot inspection; to search without notification
突泉县
Tuquan county in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 meng2], east Inner Mongolia
突然
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
突发
to burst out suddenly; sudden outburst
突发事件
emergency; sudden occurrence
突发奇想
suddenly have a thought (idiom); suddenly be inspired to do something
突破
to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount or break the back of (a task etc); (of ball sports) to break through a defense
突破瓶颈
to make a breakthrough
突破点
point of penetration (military); breakthrough
突突
(onom.) beating of the heart; pitapat; pulsation of a machine
突变
sudden change; mutation
突变株
mutant; mutant strain (of virus)
突变理论
(math.) catastrophe theory
突起
to appear suddenly; projection; bit sticking out
突起部
bit sticking out; projection
突显
conspicuous; to make sth stand out; make sth prominent
突飞猛进
to advance by leaps and bounds
荼毒
torment; cruelty; great suffering
荼毒生灵
to torment the people (idiom)
菟丝子
dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)
途经
to pass through; via; by way of