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tuō

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tuō Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tuō | tuo1
English translation
prop
support (for weight)
rest (e.g. arm rest)
thanks to
to hold in one's hand
to support in one's palm
to give
to base
to commit
to set
Torr (unit of pressure)
to trust
to entrust
to be entrusted with
to act as trustee
to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on

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About tuō

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

tuō

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Using one's hands  shǒu  for support  tuō tuō also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of tuō

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌乇

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and tuō represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tuō

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Sān Cháo liǎng tiān lái gěi 奶奶 nǎinai tuō mèng .

Every two or three days he appears in a dream to my mistress.

这些 zhè xiē 崎岖 qí qū 不平 bù píng de 很快 jiù 摩托车 mótuōchē 轮胎 lúntāi 磨平 le .

These rough roads soon wore the tread of motorcycle tires off.

tuō zhè Fēng xìn .

She entrusted me with mailing this letter.

lái dào 门口 mén kǒu , 一面 yī miàn yòng 枪托 qiāng tuō měng qiāo 店门, 一面 yī miàn 吆喝 yāo he zhāo yāo 喝酒 hē jiǔ .

He went to the door and, hammering with a revolver, demanded drink.

这个 zhè ge 时候 shíhou ,托马 Xīn nuò 老头子 lǎo tóu zi 似乎 sìhū 忙得不开支 kāizhī , hěn shǎo péi 他们 tā men .

About this time Don Tommasino seemed to be preoccupied and poor company.

Words with tuō

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
拜托 bàituō please!拜託
tuō prop tuō
委托 wěituō to entrust委託
摩托车 mótuōchē motorbike摩托車
托管 tuō guǎn trusteeship托管 tuō guǎn
依托 yītuō to rely on依託
信托 xìn tuō to entrust信託
委托人 wěi tuō rén (law) client委托人 wěi tuō rén
摩托 mó tuō motorbike摩托 mó tuō
摩托罗拉 Mó tuō luó lā Motorola摩托羅拉
寄托 jìtuō to entrust (to sb)寄託
托马斯 Tuō mǎ sī Thomas (male name)托馬斯
衬托 chèntuō to set off襯托
托付 tuō fù to entrust托付 tuō fù
托运 tuōyùn to consign (goods)托運
托儿所 tuō ér suǒ nursery托兒所
托盘 tuō pán tray托盤
受托 shòu tuō to be entrusted受託
乌托邦 wū tuō bāng utopia (loanword)烏托邦
阿托品 ā tuō pǐn atropine C17H23NO3, alkaloid drug derived from deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)阿托品 ā tuō pǐn
烘托 hōng tuō backdrop烘托 hōng tuō
受托人 shòu tuō rén (law) trustee受託人

tuō Decomposition & Compounds

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tuō Decomposition

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