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徒

tú

“Disciple” in Chinese is 徒 (tú).

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Meaning

  • bound formdisciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "traitor" etc)
  • bound formon foot
  • bound formbare; empty
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  • bound formto no avail; in vain
  • bound formmerely; just; only
  • bound formprison sentence
  • surname Tu

Example

教会徒弟,饿死师傅。

From 徒弟 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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