徒 (tou4 | tu2) : on foot; disciple; guy; empty; merely

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徒

tou4

tu2

[1] be on foot; walk on foot
[2] disciple; apprentice; follower
[3] [pejorative] guy; fellow; gang
[4] empty; bare; barehanded; unarmed
[5] merely; only; futile; in vain
[6] prison sentence; imprisonment

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 彳 (#60)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

徒

Don't confuse with:
徙

This word has been viewed 11879 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Sep 2010 01:46

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信徒 seon3 tou4 xin4 tu2 = believer; disciple; devotee

大膽狂徒，光天化日之下，竟敢調戲良家婦女 daai6 daam2 kong4 tou4, gwong1 tin1 faa3 jat6 zi1 haa6, ging2 gam2 tiu4 hei3 loeng4 gaa1 fu5 neoi5 = in broad daylight, flirt with a woman from a good home

歹徒 daai2 tou4 dai3 tu2 = evildoer; criminal; scoundrel; ruffian

徒弟 tou4 dai6*2 tu2 di4 = apprentice; disciple

回教徒 wui4 gaau3 tou4 = Muslim (person/people) 徒 = disciple/follower 粵

匪徒 fei2 tou4 fei3 tu2 = bandit; gangster

有期徒刑 jau5 kei4 tou4 jing4 you3 qi1 tu2 xing2 (PRC), you3 qi2 tu2 xing2 (Taiwan) = limited term of imprisonment (anything less than life imprisonment)

嚴師出高徒 jim4 si1 ceot1 gou1 tou4 yan2 shi1 chu1 gao1 tu2 = a strict teacher cultivates accomplished students

教徒 gaau3 tou4 jiao4 tu2 = follower of a religion; disciple

徒孫 tou4 syun1 tu2 sun1 = disciple's disciple
See all 47 compounds (CantoDict reports 50 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 徒
Unicode code for this character: U+5f92 (off-site link)

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