托 tok³ {tuō}

to hold up

托 tok³ {tuō}

1. prop
2. support (for weight)
3. rest (e.g. arm rest)
4. thanks to
5. to hold in one's hand
6. to support in one's palm
7. to give
8. to base
9. to commit
10. to set
11. Torr (unit of pressure)

託付〔托-〕 tok³ fu⁶ {tuō fù}

entrust

託福〔托-〕 tok³ fuk¹ {tuō fú}

TOEFL (test of English as a foreign language)

托故 tok³ gu³ {tuō gù}

to make up excuses to do something; to find an excuse to do something

託管〔托-〕 tok³ gun² {tuō guǎn}

Trusteeship; to entrust

托賴〔-赖〕 tok³ laai⁶ {tuō lài}

 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

托庇 tok³ bei³ {tuō bì}

to rely on sb for protection

託詞〔托词〕 tok³ ci⁴ {tuō cí}

1. to make an excuse
2. pretext
3. excuse

托特 tok³ dak⁶ {Tuō tè}

Thoth (ancient Egyptian deity)

托付 tok³ fu⁶ {tuō fù}

to entrust

托福 tok³ fuk¹ {Tuō fú}

1. TOEFL
2. Test of English as a Foreign Language

托福 tok³ fuk¹ {tuō fú}

(old) thanks to your lucky influence (polite reply to health inquiries)

托架 tok³ gaa² {tuō jià}

bracket

托管 tok³ gun² {tuō guǎn}

1. trusteeship
2. to trust

托兒〔-儿〕 tok³ ji⁴ {tuō ér}

childcare

托兒〔-儿〕 tok³ ji⁴ {tuō r}

1. shill
2. tout
3. phony customer who pretends to buys things so as to lure real customers

托業〔-业〕 tok³ jip⁶ {Tuō yè}

TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication)

托里 tok³ lei⁵ {Tuō lǐ}

Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區, Xinjiang

托盤〔-盘〕 tok³ pun⁴ {tuō pán}

1. tray
2. salver
3. pallet

托腮 tok³ soi¹ {tuō sāi}

to rest one's chin in one's hand

托運〔-运〕 tok³ wan⁶ {tuō yùn}

1. to consign (goods)
2. to check through (baggage)

托大腳〔--脚〕 tok³ daai⁶ goek³ {tuō dà jiǎo}

(verb) to butter up; to flatter (usually one's boss)

託兒所〔托儿-〕 tok³ ji⁴ so² {tuō ér suǒ}

Nursery; child-care center

托兒所〔-儿-〕 tok³ ji⁴ so² {tuō'érsuǒ}

(noun) Day-care or day-care centre

托手踭 tok³ sau² zaang¹ {tuō shǒu zhēng}

to reject; to turn down a request

托水龍〔--龙〕 tok³ seoi² lung⁴ {tuō shuǐ lóng}

to embezzle; to pocket the client's money

托克遜〔--逊〕 tok³ hak¹ seon³ {Tuō kè xùn}

Toksun county or Toqsun nahiyisi in Turpan prefecture 吐魯番地區, Xinjiang

托克托 tok³ hak¹ tok³ {Tuō kè tuō}

1. Togtoh county, Mongolian Togtox khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特, Inner Mongolia
2. alternative spelling of 脫脫, Yuan dynasty politician Toktoghan (1314-1355)

托兒所〔-儿-〕 tok³ ji⁴ so² {tuō ér suǒ}

nursery

托爾金〔-尔-〕 tok³ ji⁵ gam¹ {Tuō ěr jīn}

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒

托拉爾〔--尔〕 tok³ laai¹ ji⁵ {tuō lā ěr}

1. (loanword) tolar, former currency of Slovenia
2. name for the silver coin and the main currency in Bohemia from 16th-18th century

托拉斯 tok³ laai¹ si¹ {tuō lā sī}

trust (commerce) (loanword)

托勒密 tok³ lak⁶ mat⁶ {Tuō lè mì}

1. Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC
2. Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成
3. see also 托勒玫

托勒玫 tok³ lak⁶ mui⁴ {Tuō lè méi}

1. Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成
2. see also 托勒密

托里縣〔--县〕 tok³ lei⁵ jyun⁶ {Tuō lǐ xiàn}

Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區, Xinjiang

托萊多〔-莱-〕 tok³ loi⁴ do¹ {Tuō lái duō}

Toledo, Spain

托老所 tok³ lou⁵ so² {tuō lǎo suǒ}

senior center

托馬斯〔-马-〕 tok³ maa⁵ si¹ {Tuō mǎ sī}

Thomas (male name)

托木爾〔--尔〕 tok³ muk⁶ ji⁵ {Tuō mù ěr}

Mt Tomur (Russian: Pik Pobeda), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan

托皮卡 tok³ pei⁴ kaa¹ {Tuō pí kǎ}

Topeka, capital of Kansas

托盤車〔-盘车〕 tok³ pun⁴ ce¹ {tuō pán chē}

pallet jack

托缽修會〔-钵-会〕 tok³ but³ sau¹ wui² {tuō bō xiū huì}

1. mendicant religious order in Catholicism
2. Franciscan order

托克遜縣〔--逊县〕 tok³ hak¹ seon³ jyun⁶ {Tuō kè xùn xiàn}

Toksun county or Toqsun nahiyisi in Turpan prefecture 吐魯番地區, Xinjiang

托克托縣〔---县〕 tok³ hak¹ tok³ jyun⁶ {Tuō kè tuō xiàn}

Togtoh county, Mongolian Togtox khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特, Inner Mongolia

托爾斯港〔-尔--〕 tok³ ji⁵ si¹ gong² {Tuō ěr sī Gǎng}

Tórshavn, capital of Faroe Islands

托爾斯泰〔-尔--〕 tok³ ji⁵ si¹ taai³ {Tuō ěr sī tài}

1. Tolstoy (name)
2. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平

託拉博拉〔托---〕 tok³ laai¹ bok³ laai¹ {Tuō lā bó lā}

Torabora mountain area in east Afghanistan, famous for its caves

托勒密王 tok³ lak⁶ mat⁶ wong⁴ {Tuō lè mì Wáng}

Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC

托里拆利 tok³ lei⁵ caak³ lei⁶ {Tuō lǐ chāi lì}

Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo

托利黨人〔--党-〕 tok³ lei⁶ dong² jan⁴ {Tuō lì dǎng rén}

Tory (political party) (loanword)

托羅斯山〔-罗--〕 tok³ lo⁴ si¹ saan¹ {Tuō luó sī shān}

Taurus mountains of south Turkey

託洛茨基〔托---〕 tok³ lok⁶ ci⁴ gei¹ {Tuō luò cí jī}

Leon Davidovich Trotsky (1879-1940), early Bolshevik leader, exiled by Stalin in 1929 and murdered in 1940

托木爾峰〔--尔-〕 tok³ muk⁶ ji⁵ fung¹ {Tuō mù ěr fēng}

Mt Tomur (Russian: Pik Pobeda), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan

托塔天王 tok³ taap³ tin¹ wong⁴ {Tuō tǎ tiān wáng}

the pagoda bearing god

托運行李〔-运--〕 tok³ wan⁶ hang⁴ lei⁵ {tuō yùn xíng li}

luggage that has been checked in (on flight)

托足無門〔--无门〕 tok³ zuk¹ mou⁴ mun⁴ {tuō zú wú mén}

to be unable to find a place to stay (idiom)

托塔都應承〔---应-〕 tok³ taap³ dou¹ jing¹ sing⁴ {tuō tǎ dōu yìng chéng}

an expression which means 'to agree with anything asked by another, regardless of what is being asked (favour or etc.)'