徒
tú
Pinyin

Definition

徒
 - 
tú
  1. disciple
  2. apprentice
  3. believer
  4. on foot
  5. bare or empty
  6. to no avail
  7. only
  8. prison sentence
徒
 - 
Tú
  1. surname Tu

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

徒劳
tú láo
  1. 1 futile
徒弟
tú dì
  1. 1 apprentice
  2. 2 disciple
徒步
tú bù
  1. 1 to be on foot
歹徒
dǎi tú
  1. 1 evildoer
  2. 2 malefactor
  3. 3 gangster
  4. 4 hoodlum
异教徒
yì jiào tú
  1. 1 member of another religion
  2. 2 heathen
  3. 3 pagan
  4. 4 heretic
  5. 5 apostate

Idioms (14)

亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
名师出高徒
míng shī chū gāo tú
  1. 1 A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
家徒四壁
jiā tú sì bì
  1. 1 lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. very poor
  3. 3 wretched
徒劳无功
tú láo wú gōng
  1. 1 to work to no avail (idiom)
徒劳无益
tú láo wú yì
  1. 1 futile endeavor (idiom)

Sample Sentences

终于大功告成了，您说是不是名师出高徒啊？那釉彩呢？怎么上？
zhōngyú dàgōnggàochéng le ，nín shuō shìbùshì míngshīchūgāotú ā ？nà yòucǎi ne ？zěnme shàng ？
We’ve finally finished it! A great pupil worthy of a great teacher, no? So what about the glaze? How do you apply it?
Go to Lesson 
假使他把原诗写成了“我心里有猛虎雄踞在花旁”，那就会显得呆笨，死板，徒然加强了人性的内在矛盾。
jiǎshǐ tā bǎ yuán shī xiěchéng le “wǒ xīnli yǒu měng hǔ xióngjù zài huā páng ”，nā jiù huì xiǎnde dāibèn ，sǐbǎn ，túrán jiāqiáng le rénxìng de nèizài máodùn 。
If he'd written the line in the original poem as "In me the tiger towers proudly beside the rose", it would seem clumsy and stiff, emphasizing the internal conflict in humanity a little excessively.
Go to Lesson 
事件之后，泰国政府修改了代理孕母的相关法令，依法开罚并禁止外国人来泰国寻找代理孕母，如果公然违反这项法令，会被处以十年徒刑。
shìjiàn zhīhòu ，Tàiguó zhèngfǔ xiūgǎi le dàilǐyùnmǔ de xiāngguān fǎlǐng ，yīfǎ kāifá bìng jìnzhǐ wàiguórén lái Tàiguó xúnzhǎo dàilǐyùnmǔ ，rúguǒ gōngrán wéifǎn zhè xiàng fǎlǐng ，huì bèi chǔ yǐ shí nián túxíng 。
After it happened, the Thai government amended the laws relating to surrogates, which punishes and forbids foreigners from coming to Thailand to find a surrogate. If you're found to be publicly in violation of this law, you'll be sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Go to Lesson 
那都是去年的事儿啦，现在已经四月啦，最近我们圈儿里流传着一句激励人心的“话四月不减肥，五月徒伤悲”！
nà dōu shì qùnián de shìr la ，xiànzài yǐjīng sìyuè la ，zuìjìn wǒmen quānr lǐ liúchuán zhe yī jù jīlì rénxīn de “huà sìyuè bù jiǎnféi ，wǔyuè tú shāngbēi ”！
That was all last year, now it's already April. There's a motivational saying that's going around Moments "If you don't diet in April, there's no point regretting it in May".
Go to Lesson 
为此，中国政府划出18亿亩耕地红线，依照法律，非法占用耕地罪最高可被判处5年徒刑。
wèicǐ ，Zhōngguó zhèngfǔ huà chū yì mǔ gēngdì hóngxiàn ，yīzhào fǎlǜ ，fēifǎ zhànyòng gēngdì zuì zuìgāo kě bèi pànchǔ nián túxíng 。
To this end, the Chinese government has drawn a red line of 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land. According to the law, illegally occupying cultivated land can be sentenced to five years in prison.
Go to Lesson 
我也看了，也挺震撼的，徒步阅兵方队的军人，身高、步伐简直都一模一样啊！
wǒ yě kàn le ，yě tǐng zhènhàn de ，túbù yuèbīng fāngduì de jūnrén ，shēngāo 、bùfá jiǎnzhí dōu yīmúyīyàng ā ！
I saw it too, it was stunning. The infantrymen in the parade were so tall and their marching was precisely in sync!
Go to Lesson 
哈哈，现在也还来得及啊，欸，问你啊，在徒步方阵里面除了中国军人以外，你还发现什么？
hāhā ，xiànzài yě hái láidejí ā ，èi ，wèn nǐ ā ，zài túbù fāngzhèn lǐmiàn chúle Zhōngguó jūnrén yǐwài ，nǐ hái fāxiàn shénme ？
Ha ha, there's still time. Agh! Let me ask you, in the infantry formation, as well as Chinese soldiers, did you notice anything else?
Go to Lesson 
我觉得这次中国球迷数量没增加，赌徒倒是增加了不少。
wǒ juéde zhècì Zhōngguó qiúmí shùliàng méi zēngjiā ，dǔtú dàoshì zēngjiā le bùshǎo 。
I feel that this time the number of soccer fans haven't increased, but the gamblers have increased quite a bit.
Go to Lesson 
在十年前那个案子中，歹徒在火车站放了毒气罐，并把你父亲打伤锁在密室中。当时我们只能先找出毒气罐的位置，因为这关系到上千人的性命。之后我们立即去找你父亲，但赶到时发现......”
zài shínián qián nàge ànzi zhōng ，dǎitú zài huǒchēzhàn fàng le dúqìguàn ，bìng bǎ nǐ fùqin dǎshāng suǒ zài mìshì zhōng 。dāngshí wǒmen zhǐnéng xiān zhǎochū dúqìguàn de wèizhi ，yīnwèi zhè guānxì dào shàngqiān rén de xìngmìng 。zhīhòu wǒmen lìjí qù zhǎo nǐ fùqin ，dàn gǎndào shí fāxiàn ......”
"During that case 10 years ago, the criminal had planted poison gas canisters at the train station and locked your father in a hidden room after beating him severely. At that time all we could do was search for the location of the gas canisters that threatened thousands of lives. We searched for your father immediately after, but by that time we discovered..."
Go to Lesson 
名字有很多，总的来说称回教的较多，伊斯兰教徒则被称为回回，这也是现在回族的前身。
míngzi yǒu hěn duō ，zǒngdeláishuō chēng huíjiào de jiào duō ，yīsīlán jiàotú zé bèi chēngwéi huíhuí ，zhè yě shì xiànzài huízú de qiánshēn 。
There were many names. Generally speaking it was called "Hui" the most. Followers of Islam were called "Hui Hui." They were the predecessors to the contemporary Hui people.
Go to Lesson