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Meaning of 托

Pinyin tuō

Radical

扌

Strokes

Definition

to hold in one's hand / to entrust / to support in one's palm, entrust

Usage

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托 [tuō] 1. 用手掌承着东西。 (To hold something with the palm of the hand.) 例如: 两手～着下巴。 (Both hands are supporting the chin.) 2. 陪衬，铺垫。 (To serve as a padding or lining.) 例如: 衬～。烘～。 (To line or to provide a backdrop.) 3. 承着器物的东西。 (Something that supports an object.) 例如: ～盘。 (A pad for a plate.) 4. 寄，暂放。 (To entrust or temporarily place.) 例如: ～身，～售。～儿所。 (To temporarily leave something or to place for sale.) 5. 请求、帮助。 (To request or help.) 例如: 请～。恳～。 (Please ask or request for help.) 6. 借故推诿躲避。 (To use an excuse to evade responsibility.) 例如: 推～。假～。 (To shirk responsibility under pretense.) 7. 依赖。 (To rely on.) 例如: ～福。～庇。 (To depend on blessings or protection.) 8. 委任。 (To entrust.) 例如: ～付。委～。 (To dispatch or delegate responsibilities.) 9. 压强单位。 (Unit of pressure.) 例如: (Torr; equal to 1333.2 pascals, defined as the pressure exerted by a column of mercury 1 mm high at 0°C and standard gravity.) --- 托 [tuō] 1. 推。同“拓”。 (To push. Same as "拓" - to push.) 引: 1. 《玉篇》：托，推也。 (From "Yupian": To push.) 2. 《集韵》：拓，手推物也。或作托。 (From "Jiyun": To push with the hand, could also be "托".) 2. 用手掌附着或承着 (To hold in the palm.) 例如: 如:托钵(手托钵盂。指斋人赴斋堂吃饭或向施主乞食。） (To hold a bowl; a term referring to a monk asking for food.) 3. 泛指承托。支持使稳定在某一高度的位置 (To refer generally to supporting. To keep stable at a certain height.) 例如: 如:托架(支撑重物的架子) (Support frame for heavy objects.) 4. 用作…的衬里 (To serve as a lining.) 例如: 如:托一层纸 (To use a layer of paper as lining.) --- 托 [tuō] 名 1. 承托某些器物的座儿。 (A pad that supports certain objects.) 例如: 如:茶托;花托儿 (Tea pad; flower holder.) 2. 安装步枪、猎枪的枪筒、接受器和其他装置的木头制作的供端起来瞄准射击的部件。 (The wooden part used to support and aim rifles and shotguns.) 例如: 如:枪托 (Rifle stock.) 3. 压力单位。 (Unit of pressure.) 例如: (Torr; equal to 1333.2 pascals, defined as the pressure exerted by a column of mercury 1 mm high at 0°C and standard gravity.) --- 本义: 寄托 (Original meaning: to entrust.) 字源: 形声。左形，右声。本字是“乇”( zhé)，小篆字形。象初生的嫩芽。“一”表地面，枝叶有根，有所寄托。后加“手”作“托”。汉字简化后，“托”又兼代“託”字。 (Phonetic-ideographic character. Left side indicates the shape, right side conveys pronunciation. Originally written as "乇," symbolizing a new sprout with roots, combining with "手" to form "托". In simplified Chinese, "托" also replaces "託".) 1. 同本义 (To entrust to the care of sb.; commit sth. to sb.'s care.) 引: 1. 《说文》：託，寄也。 (From "Shuowen": To entrust.) 2. 交付委托 (To entrust; trust.) 例如: 又如:托实(托重于人;不客气);托命(托寄生命) (For example: "托实" means to depend heavily on someone; "托命" means to entrust one's life.) 3. 假托 (To use as a pretext.) 例如: 又如:托言(借口) (For example: "托言" refers to an excuse.) 4. 依靠;凭借 (To rely on.) 例如: 又如:托庇粗安 (To lead a comfortable life depending on someone.) 5. 请求 (To ask or request.) 例如: 又如:托人;托你一件事 (For example: "托人" refers to asking for help from someone.)

嘱托 zhǔ tuō

to entrust a task to sb else

埃托奥 āi tuō ào

Eto'o

埃斯托 āi sī tuō

Esto

寄托 jì tuō

to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc)

奥托 Ào tuō

Otto

委托 wěi tuō

to entrust / to trust / to commission

托庇 tuō bì

to rely on sb for protection

克里斯托弗 Kè lǐ sī tuō fú

(Warren) Christopher

托马斯 Tuō mǎ sī

Thomas (male name)

信托 xìn tuō

to entrust / trust bond (finance)

委托人 wěi tuō rén

(law) client / trustor

托管 tuō guǎn

trusteeship / to trust

托人 tuō rén

Trustee

委托书 wěi tuō shū

commission / proxy / power of attorney / authorization / warrant

枪托 qiāng tuō

butt of a gun / stock

衬托 chèn tuō

to set off

摩托罗拉 Mó tuō luó lā

Motorola

托盘 tuō pán

tray / salver / pallet

摩托 mó tuō

motor (loanword) / motorbike

推托 tuī tuō

to make excuses / to give an excuse (for not doing something)

烘托 hōng tuō

background (of a painting) / backdrop / a foil (to set off something to advantage) / to offset (something to advantage)

拜托 bài tuō

to request sb to do sth / please!

符拉迪沃斯托克 Fú lā dí wò sī tuō kè

Vladivostok (Russian port city) / Chinese name 海參崴|海参崴

托尔斯泰 Tuō ěr sī tài

Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平

莫洛托夫 mò luò tuō fū

Molotov

烘云托月 hōng yún tuō yuè

lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil / a contrasting character to a main hero

依托 yī tuō

to rely on / to depend on / support

托付 tuō fù

to entrust

付托 fù tuō

to entrust to

莱索托 Lái suǒ tuō

Lesotho

乌兰巴托 Wū lán bā tuō

Ulaanbaatar or Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia

摩托艇 mó tuō tǐng

motorboat

托洛茨基 Tuō luò cí jī

Leon Davidovich Trotsky (1879-1940), early Bolshevik leader, exiled by Stalin in 1929 and murdered in 1940