塗鴉

See also: 涂鸦

Chinese

		to smear; daub	crow
trad. (塗鴉)		塗	鴉
simp. (涂鸦)		涂	鸦

Etymology

From a poem by Tang-dynasty poet Lu Tong.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): túyā

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ aa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: túyā
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄧㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twuia
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ i̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ aa¹
  - Yale: tòuh ā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ aa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ a¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ äː⁵⁵/

Verb

塗鴉

(often humble) to write (characters, calligraphy) or draw (painting) in a casual, poor or unaesthetic manner; to scrawl; to scribble
to write graffiti; to graffiti; to vandalise
禁止塗鴉！ / 禁止涂鸦！ ― Jìnzhǐ túyā! ― Graffiti prohibited.

牆上的塗鴉 / 墙上的涂鸦 ― qiáng shàng de túyā ― graffiti on the wall

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