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寄托

jì tuō

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 寄託

寄托 (jì tuō) means "to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 寄托 means

1. to entrust (to sb)
2. to place (one's hope, energy etc) in
3. a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)

The characters in 寄托

• 寄jìto entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 托tuōto hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm…

Example sentences

• 把小孩寄托给奶奶养。
  Bǎ xiǎohái jìtuō gěi nǎinai yǎng.
  Let Grandma take care of the kid.

Where 寄托 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jì tuō correctly.
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