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徒
Mandarin · pinyin tú#
Meanings · tú
- (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒 piàn tú "swindler" or 叛徒 pàn tú "traitor" etc)
- (bound form) on foot
- (bound form) bare; empty
- (bound form) to no avail; in vain
- (bound form) merely; just; only
- (bound form) prison sentence
Mandarin · pinyin Tú#
Meanings · Tú
- surname Tu
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- 徒
- tú · disciple, follower; go on foot
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Mandarin tones
2 · tu2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tou4
Cantonese word readings for 徒. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to be on foot
- foot soldier
- disciple; follower; adherent
- religious follower; apostle; worshipper
- the likes of
- prison sentence
- (derogatory) suffix for people with certain characteristics
- bare; plain
- merely; only; just
- in vain; unsuccessfully; to no avail
- a surname
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