塗鴉

See also: 涂鸦

Chinese edit

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

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From a poem by Tang-dynasty poet Lu Tong.

From: 9th century, Lu Tong, 《示添丁》(Solemn Instructions to the Toddler Boy)

Hū lái àn shàng fān mòzhī, túmǒshīshū rú lǎoyā. [Pinyin]

All of a sudden you flip o'er the ink — gone are the Canons now daubed like a crow.

塗鴉

(often humble) to write (characters, calligraphy) or draw (painting) in a casual, poor or unaesthetic manner; to scrawl; to scribble
- 犬儒惜墨如金處，虎將塗鴉以血時。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  犬儒惜墨如金处，虎将涂鸦以血时。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 1963, Nie Gannu, 《訪丘東來烈士陵園故居》
  Quǎnrú xīmòrújīn chù, hǔjiāng túyā yǐ xuè shí. [Pinyin]
  Where a petty scholar stints on the ink, the warrior scrawls liberally with his blood.
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