塗鴉

涂鸦
túyā
  1. graffiti
  2. scrawl
  3. poor calligraphy
  4. to write badly
  5. to scribble

CEDICT

  1. (often humble) to write (characters, calligraphy) or draw (painting) in a casual, poor or unaesthetic manner; to scrawl; to scribble
  2. to write (characters, calligraphy) or draw (painting) in a casual, poor or unaesthetic manner; to scrawl; to scribble
  3. to write graffiti; to graffiti; to vandalise

Wiktionary

  1. 幼兒不懂事，亂塗詩書，墨色如鴉。語本唐．盧仝〈示添丁〉詩：「忽來案上翻墨計，塗抹詩書如老鴉。」形容毛筆字的拙劣。亦用以謙稱自己的作文寫字、繪畫或書法方面的拙劣，技巧不成熟。《聊齋志異．卷一．嬌娜》：「小子初學塗鴉，勿以友故，行輩視之也。」《鏡花緣．第二二回》：「晚生倘稍通文墨，今得幸遇代鴻儒，尚卻勉強塗鴉，以求指教，豈肯自暴自棄。」
  2. 寫作或繪畫。

重編國語辭典

  1. 在紙上漫不經心或是任由想像力隨意描繪
  2. 自己的寫作、繪畫、書法方面的技巧拙劣

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 塗 tú
  1. to apply (paint etc)
  2. to smear
  3. to daub
  4. to blot out
  5. to scribble
  6. to scrawl
  7. (literary) mud
  8. street
2 鴉 yā crow

Related entries

塗鴨 túyā
  1. variant of 塗鴉 túyā
  2. graffiti
  3. scrawl
  4. poor calligraphy
  5. to write badly
  6. to scribble
塗寫 túxiě
  1. to daub
  2. to scribble (graffiti)
塗 tú
  1. to apply (paint etc)
  2. to smear
  3. to daub
  4. to blot out
  5. to scribble
  6. to scrawl
  7. (literary) mud
  8. street
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Source: Tatoeba