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托 tuō

to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on

Strokes
6
Level
HSK 5
Radical
扌
Traditional
託
Type
Ideograph
Made of 扌乇 ⿰扌乇

Memory hint: Using one's hands 扌 for support 乇; 乇 also provides the pronunciation

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Example sentences with 托

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  1. 拜托你帮我一个忙。
    Bàituō nǐ bāng wǒ yí gè máng.
    Please do me a favor.
    request-favor you help me one (measure) favor
  2. 你能不能帮我寄托一下这件行李？
    Nǐ néng bu néng bāng wǒ jìtuō yíxià zhè jiàn xíngli?
    Could you help me look after this luggage for a bit?
    you can not can help me entrust a-bit this (measure) luggage (question)
  3. 请你帮我照顾一下花，拜托了。
    Qǐng nǐ bāng wǒ zhàogù yíxià huā, bàituō le.
    Please help me take care of the flowers, thank you.
    please you help me take-care a-bit flower, request-favor (particle)
  4. 绿叶不能很好地衬托这朵花。
    Lǜyè bù néng hěn hǎo de chèntuō zhè duǒ huā.
    The green leaves don't set off this flower very well.
    green-leaf not can very well (particle) set-off this (measure) flower
  5. 他把自己的希望寄托在孩子身上。
    Tā bǎ zìjǐ de xīwàng jìtuō zài háizi shēnshang.
    He placed his hopes on his child.
    he (object-marker) self (particle) hope entrust at child body-on

Words with 托 (7)