"塗鴉" meaning in Chinese

See 塗鴉 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tʰu³⁵ jä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰou̯²¹ aː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰu³⁵ jä⁵⁵/, /tʰou̯²¹ aː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: túyā [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄨˊ ㄧㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tou⁴ aa¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], túyā [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], túya [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tʻu²-ya¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tú-yā [Mandarin, Yale], twuia [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], туя [Mandarin, Palladius], tuja [Mandarin, Palladius], tòuh ā [Cantonese, Yale], tou⁴ aa¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], tou⁴ a¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 涂鸦
Etymology: From a poem by Tang-dynasty poet Lu Tong. Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 塗鴉
  1. (often humble) to write (characters, calligraphy) or draw (painting) in a casual, poor or unaesthetic manner; to scrawl; to scribble Tags: humble, often
    Sense id: en-塗鴉-zh-verb-f2nUn4At Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. to write graffiti; to graffiti; to vandalise Synonyms (to write graffiti): 漆鴉 (qīyā), 漆鸦 (qīyā)
    Sense id: en-塗鴉-zh-verb-Y0akIvVR Disambiguation of 'to write graffiti': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 刻畫 (kèhuà), 刻画 (kèhuà)
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      "english": "All of a sudden you flip o'er the ink — gone are the Canons now daubed like a crow.",
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      "ref": " 9th century, Lu Tong, 《示添丁》(Solemn Instructions to the Toddler Boy)",
      "roman": "Hū lái àn shàng fān mòzhī, túmǒshīshū rú lǎoyā.",
      "tags": [
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      "text": "忽來案上翻墨汁,塗抹詩書如老鴉。",
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      "english": "All of a sudden you flip o'er the ink — gone are the Canons now daubed like a crow.",
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "忽来案上翻墨汁,涂抹诗书如老鸦。",
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          "english": "Where a petty scholar stints on the ink, the warrior scrawls liberally with his blood.",
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          "ref": " c. 1963, Nie Gannu, 《訪丘東來烈士陵園故居》",
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          "english": "Graffiti prohibited.",
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          "roman": "Jìnzhǐ túyā!",
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          "english": "Graffiti prohibited.",
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          "english": "graffiti on the wall",
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      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄨˊ ㄧㄚ"
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "tou⁴ aa¹"
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      "zh-pron": "tʻu²-ya¹"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "туя"
    },
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/tʰu³⁵ jä⁵⁵/",
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      "zh-pron": "tou⁴ aa¹"
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      "zh-pron": "tou⁴ a¹"
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      "ipa": "/tʰu³⁵ jä⁵⁵/"
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  ],
  "word": "塗鴉"
}
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          "english": "Graffiti prohibited.",
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