Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- tuō
English
- to hold up with palm
- to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm
- to hold up
- to support, rely on
- sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest)
- (bound form) a shill
- to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托[tuo1])
- torr (unit of pressure)
- to hold or support something with one's hands
- to ask a person to do you a favour; to entrust
粵語
- 用手係物件嘅下方支撐著，保持喺一定嘅高度或者位置
- 請求其他人代自己做某啲嘢
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 托
- 襯托can3 tok3
to serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element
- 托兒所tok3 ji4 so2
nursery
- 摩托mo1 tok3
(loanword) motor
- 把托baa2 tok3
to guard the entrance; completely useless; totally pointless [colloquial]
- 托派tok3 paai3
Trotskyite; Trotskyist (abbr. for 托洛茨基派[Tuo1 luo4 ci2 ji1 pai4])
- 假托gaa2 tok3
to pretend
- 托運tok3 wan6
to consign (goods)
- 托盤tok3 pun2
tray
- 付托fu6 tok3
to entrust to
- 托福tok3 fuk1
TOEFL
- 牙托ngaa4 tok3
mouthguard
- 托炮tok3 paau3
to do something pointless; to try to do something that is beyone one's ability [colloquial]
- 承托sing4 tok3
to support
- 托賴tok3 laai6
rely on one's elder or an influential person for protection, it is an expression used when people are being asked how they have been to show that they appreciate others' concern
- 托辭tok3 ci4
variant of 託詞|托词[tuo1 ci2]
- 摩托車mo1 tok3 ce1
(loanword) motorbike; motorcycle
- 托杉tok3 caam3
to do something pointless; to try to do something that is beyone one's ability [colloquial]
- 委托wai2 tok3
to entrust somebody with responsibility
- 烏托邦wu1 tok3 bong1
(loanword) utopia
- 烘托hung3 tok3
background (of a painting)
- 日托jat6 tok3
day care service
- 托市tok3 si5
(government) to intervene in the market to prevent prices from dropping
- 寄托gei3 tok3
to entrust something abstract of great importance to another person or thing, such as a dream or one's feelings
- 花托faa1 tok3
receptacle (base of flower)