徒
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(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "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
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How 徒 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To walk 走 in someone's footsteps 彳
How to remember it
follower · Heisig RSH #1995
queue + 走 walk
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 徒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名师出高徒 | míng shī chū gāo tú | A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence … |
| 天主教徒 | Tiān zhǔ jiào tú | Catholic; follower of Catholicism |
| 好事之徒 | hào shì zhī tú | busybody |
| 好色之徒 | hào sè zhī tú | lecher; womanizer; dirty old man |
| 安徒生 | Ān tú shēng | Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) |
| 酒色之徒 | jiǔ sè zhī tú | follower of wine and women; dissolute person |
| 徒有其名 | tú yǒu qí míng | with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame; nowhere near as good as he's made… |
| 道教徒 | Dào jiào tú | a Daoist; a follower of Daoism |
| 新教徒 | xīn jiào tú | Protestant; adherent of Protestantism |
| 有其师，必有其徒 | yǒu qí shī , bì yǒu qí tú | As the teacher, so the pupil. (idiom) |
| 印度教徒 | Yìn dù jiào tú | Hindu; adherent of Hinduism |
| 清教徒 | qīng jiào tú | Puritan |
| 回教徒 | Huí jiào tú | Muslim |
| 徒步区 | tú bù qū | (Tw) car-free zone; pedestrian zone |
| 徒有虚名 | tú yǒu xū míng | with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame; nowhere near as good as he's made… |
| 水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒 | shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú | (saying) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends |
| 学徒 | xué tú | apprentice; to serve an apprenticeship |
| 徒劳无功 | tú láo wú gōng | to work to no avail (idiom) |
| 徒儿 | tú ér | disciple; apprentice |
| 异教徒 | yì jiào tú | member of another religion; heathen; pagan; heretic; apostate |