涂 in English
- to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / (literary) mud / street / variant of 途[tu2]
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 西漢 - See all 6 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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他把我们弄糊涂了。
He confused us.
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他让妹妹帮他涂他房间的墙。
He had his sister help him paint the wall of his room.
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你想让我在你的吐司上涂黄油吗?
Would you like me to butter your toast?
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你能在我的背上涂些防晒霜吗?
Can you put some suntan lotion on my back?
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她们把窗框涂成了黄色。
They painted the window frames yellow.
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她又在乱涂乱画了。
She's scribbling away again.
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她把墙壁都涂成了白色。
She painted the walls white.
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她涂了眼影。
She's wearing eye shadow.