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托

tuō

HSK 5 Character

What 托 means

1. to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm
2. sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest)
3. bound forma shill
4. to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of {托|tuō})
5. torr (unit of pressure)

Other readings

托 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• tuōto trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with

Example sentences

• 拜托了！
  Please!
• 拜托……
  Please...
• 噢拜托了！
  Oh please!
• 拜托拜托！
  Please!
• 我叫托马斯。
  My name is Thomas.
• 我找到了托尼。
  I found Tony.

Words starting with 托

• 托运tuō yùnto consign (goods); to check through (baggage)
• 托马斯Tuō mǎ sīThomas (male name)
• 托尼Tuō ní(name) Tony
• 托付tuō fùto entrust
• 托福tuō fú(old) thanks to your lucky influence (polite reply to health inquiries)
• 托管tuō guǎntrusteeship; to trust
• 托盘tuō pántray; salver; pallet
• 托儿所tuō ér suǒnursery
• 托儿tuō érchildcare
• 托架tuō jiàbracket
• 托业Tuō yèTOEIC (Test of English for International Communication)
• 托派Tuō pàiTrotskyite; Trotskyist (abbr. for 托洛茨基派
• 托特tuō tè(loanword) tote (bag)
• 托班tuō bānafter-school program
• 托生tuō shēngto be reincarnated; to be reborn
• 托育tuō yùchildcare; daycare
• 托举tuō jǔto lift and support; to hold up (physically); (fig.) to support sb (or sth) so that they…
• 托克托Tuō kè tuōTogtoh county, Mongolian Togtox khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特; alternative spelling of 脱脱
• 托勒密Tuō lè mìPtolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC…
• 托拉斯tuō lā sītrust (commerce) (loanword)
• 托拉尔tuō lā ěr(loanword) tolar, currency of Slovenia 1991-2007; tolar, silver coin that served as the…
• 托尔金Tuō ěr jīnJ.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as…
• 托管班tuō guǎn bānafter-school program
• 托老所tuō lǎo suǒsenior center

Words containing 托

• 摩托车mó tuō chē(loanword) motorbike; motorcycle
• 委托wěi tuōto entrust; to trust; to commission
• 寄托jì tuōto entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in…
• 拜托bài tuōto request sb to do sth; please!
• 依托yī tuōto rely on; to depend on; support
• 摩托mó tuō(loanword) motor; (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle (abbr. for 摩托车
• 衬托chèn tuōto serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element
• 摩托罗拉Mó tuō luó lāMotorola
• 信托xìn tuōto entrust; trust bond (finance)
• 乌托邦wū tuō bāng(loanword) utopia
• 委托人wěi tuō rén(law) client; trustor
• 烘托hōng tuōbackground (of a painting); backdrop; a foil (to set off something to advantage)
• 推托tuī tuōto make excuses; to give an excuse (for not doing something)
• 嘱托zhǔ tuōto entrust a task to sb else
• 苏哈托Sū hā tuōSuharto (1921-2008), former Indonesian general, president of the Republic of Indonesia…
• 委托书wěi tuō shūcommission; proxy; power of attorney
• 奥托Ào tuōOtto
• 重托zhòng tuōgreat trust
• 枪托qiāng tuōbutt of a gun; stock
• 和盘托出hé pán tuō chūlit. to put everything out including the tray; to reveal everything…
• 交托jiāo tuōto entrust
• 付托fù tuōto entrust to
• 入托rù tuō(of a child) to start daycare
• 全托quán tuōfull-time care (of children in a boarding nursery)

Characters that look like 托

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar
• 纪jìorder; discipline; age
• 抚fǔto comfort; to console; to stroke
• 抛pāoto throw; to toss; to fling
• 弛chíto unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax
• 妩wǔused in 妩媚

Sounds the same

Read tuō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 脱to shed; to take off; to escape
• 拖to drag; to tow; to trail
• 讬nonstandard simplified variant of 托
• 侂(literary) to entrust (variant of 托
• 圫(used in place names)
• 沰to let drop
• 饦used in 馎饦
• 馲camel; Taiwan pr. luò
• 𱇏used in 土𱇏鱼
• 乇old variant of 托