| 涂 | tú | variant of 途; surname Tu; to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; mud (literary) |
| 糊涂 | hú tu | muddled; silly; confused |
| 涂料 | tú liào | paint |
| 涂抹 | tú mǒ | to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase; to obliterate |
| 一败涂地 | yī bài tú dì | failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; beaten and in a hopeless position |
| 糊里糊涂 | hú lǐ hú tū | confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze |
| 胡涂 | hú tu | muddled; silly; confused; also written 糊涂 |
| 一塌糊涂 | yī tā hú tu | muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess |
| 涂家 | tú jiā | painter; artist |
| 涂写 | tú xiě | to daub; to scribble (graffiti) |
| 涂径 | tú jìng | path; road |
| 涂敷 | tú fū | to smear; to daub; to plaster; to apply (ointment) |
| 涂油 | tú yóu | to grease; to oil; to baste (cookery) |
| 涂油于 | tú yóu yú | anoint |
| 涂浆台 | tú jiàng tái | pasting table (for wallpapering) |
| 涂潭 | tú tán | muddy water in a pool or pond |
| 涂装 | tú zhuāng | painted ornament; livery (on airline or company vehicle) |
| 涂饰剂 | tú shì jì | coating agent; finishing agent |
| 涂鸦 | tú yā | graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble |
| 涂鸭 | tú yā | variant of 涂鸦; graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble |
| 壹败涂地 | yī bài tú dì | beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; failed and in a hopeless position |
| 弹涂鱼 | tán tú yú | mudskipper (amphibious fish) |
| 放着明白装糊涂 | fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu | to pretend not to know (idiom) |
| 海涂 | hǎi tú | tidal marsh; shoal; shallows |
| 海涂围垦 | hǎi tú wéi kěn | polder |
| 涂山 | Tú shān | Mt Tu in Zhejiang |
| 涂尔干 | Tú ěr gān | Durkheim |
| 滩涂 | tān tú | mudflat |
| 当涂 | Dāng tú | Dangtu county in Ma'anshan 马鞍山, Anhui |
| 当涂县 | Dāng tú xiàn | Dangtu county in Ma'anshan 马鞍山, Anhui |
| 稀里糊涂 | xī li hú tu | muddleheaded; careless |
| 糊涂虫 | hú tu chóng | blunderer; bungler |
| 糊涂账 | hú tu zhàng | muddled accounts; a mess of bookkeeping |
| 糊糊涂涂 | hú hu tú tu | confused; muddled; stupid; dumb |
| 胡涂虫 | hú tu chóng | blunderer; bungler; also written 糊涂虫 |
| 苍生涂炭 | cāng shēng tú tàn | the common people in a miserable state |
| 豺狼当涂 | chái láng dāng tú | ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power; a vicious tyranny rules the land |
