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  • 1

    v.hold (up) in the palm; support from under with the hand/palm

    • fú wù yuán shǒu li tuō zhe liǎng gè pán zi

      服务员盘子

      The waiter was carrying two plates.

    • tā shuāng shǒu tuō zhe xià ba

      下巴

      He rested his chin in his hands.

    • tā bǎ xiǎo niǎo qīng qīng de tuō zài zhǎng xīn

      小鸟掌心

      He held the bird gently in the palm of his hand.

  • 2

    v.serve as a foil/contrast; set off

    • hōng yún tuō yuè

      paint clouds to set off the moon

    • chèn tuō

      set off

    • hōng tuō

      set off by contrast

  • 3

    v.fmlrely on; owe to; thanks to

    • tuō fú

      thanks to

    • tuō rén qíng

      人情

      ask an influential person to help arrange something

    • tuō bì

      rely upon one's elder or influential person for protection

  • 4

    v.fmlentrust; ask; ask somebody to be in charge

    • zhè shì jiù tuō gěi tā ba

      Let's leave the matter to him.

    • wǒ xiǎng tuō nǐ gěi tā shāo diǎn dōng xi

      东西

      I'd like you to take something to her.

    • tā tuō wǒ jì zhè fēng xìn

      He entrusted me with mailing this letter.

  • 5

    n.some thing serving as a support; base

    • qiāng tuō

      the stock of a rifle

    • tuō zi

      something serving as a support

    synonym
  • 6

    v.fmlgive as a pretext; plead; offer as an excuse

    • tuō gù

      make an excuse

    • tuō cí

      find a pretext

  • 7

    n.torr (a unit of pressure)

  • 8

    n.infmlpeople who help deceivers lure people in

    • tā shì gè tuō r

      托儿

      He is a trustee.

Words and phrases with 托

  • 托儿所
    [word]nursery
  • 托运
    [word]consign for shipment
  • 托盘
    [word]tray; a fall in the price of a certain stock, through a strong acquisition, to stop the fall and show an upward trend
  • 托老所
    [word]nursing home
  • 托福
    [word]thanks to you; transliteration of TOEFL
  • 托赖
    [word]rely on somebody for protection
  • 托名
    [word]do something in the name of somebody else
  • 托拉斯
    [word]trust, a form of capitalist monopoly organization; specialized company
  • 托幼
    [word]nursery and kindergarten
  • 托物寓兴
    [idiom]express one's feelings through the thing one describes or paints
  • 托孤寄命
    [idiom]entrust to another's care the children one is about to leave behind as orphans
  • 托妻寄子
    [idiom]entrust one's wife and children to somebody
  • 托足无门
    [idiom]can’t find a place to stay

Similar-form characters to 托

Chinese Characters with pinyin tuō

  • cast; take off
  • drag; delay
  • he; carry on one's back