Chinese words starting with “tu”
30 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable tu. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 6 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial t · final u · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 8
- 2nd tone 14
- 3rd tone 6
- 4th tone 2
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 突然tū ránHSK 3
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
- 土地tǔ dìHSK 4
land; soil; territory
- 图片tú piànHSK 2
picture; photograph
- 图书馆tú shū guǎnHSK 1
library
- 突出tū chūHSK 3
prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project
- 图画tú huàHSK 3
drawing; picture
All 30 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 图 | tú | n,v | diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek | |
| 2 | 吐 | tǔ | v | to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 3 | 土 | tǔ | n,b,a | earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 4 | 突破 | tū pò | v,vn | to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount (an obstacle); (sports) to break through the opponent's defense | |
| 5 | 涂 | tú | v | to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street | |
| 6 | 兔 | tù | g | rabbit | |
| 7 | 途径 | tú jìng | n | way; means; channel | |
| 8 | 图像 | tú xiàng | n | image; picture; graphic | |
| 9 | 兔子 | tù zi | n | hare; rabbit | |
| 10 | 土豆 | tǔ dòu | n | potato; (Tw) peanut | |
| 11 | 途中 | tú zhōng | s | en route | |
| 12 | 图案 | tú àn | n | design; pattern | |
| 13 | 突发 | tū fā | vn,v | to occur suddenly | |
| 14 | 突击 | tū jī | v,vn | sudden and violent attack; assault; fig. rushed job; concentrated effort to finish a job quickly | |
| 15 | 图书 | tú shū | n | books (in a library or bookstore) | |
| 16 | 屠杀 | tú shā | vn,v | to massacre; to slaughter | |
| 17 | 土壤 | tǔ rǎng | n | soil | |
| 18 | 徒弟 | tú dì | n | apprentice; disciple | |
| 19 | 徒步 | tú bù | d,v | to be on foot | |
| 20 | 凸 | tū | g | to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tú] | |
| 21 | 图表 | tú biǎo | n | chart; diagram | |
| 22 | 图纸 | tú zhǐ | n | blueprint; drawing; design plans; graph paper | |
| 23 | 突破口 | tū pò kǒu | n | breach; gap; breakthrough point | |
| 24 | 图形 | tú xíng | n | picture; figure; diagram; graph; depiction; graphical | |
| 25 | 秃 | tū | a | bald; blunt | |
| 26 | 土匪 | tǔ fěi | n | bandit | |
| 27 | 突如其来 | tū rú qí lái | l | to arise abruptly; to arrive suddenly; happening suddenly | |
| 28 | 涂抹 | tú mǒ | v | to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase; to obliterate | |
| 29 | 土生土长 | tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng | v | locally born and bred; indigenous; home-grown | |
| 30 | 凸显 | tū xiǎn | v | to present clearly; to give prominence to; to magnify; clear and obvious |
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