| 托 | 90A10 10A.70-9 | 部居  | 畫數 6 | ㄊㄨㄛ [tuo1] | ||
| N. | ([tuo1zi0], [er0]) (1) Small tray or support for utensils: 茶托（兒） tea saucer; 托盤，托子 [tuo1pan2], [tuo1zi0]↓. (2) Lining for collar, fur, etc.: 托裡 ditto; 托領 [tuo1ling3]↓. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To hold or hold up s.t. on palm of hand, to support from under: 托在手裡 hold s.t. on open palm; 托塔天王 a Taoist god who held a pagoda in his open hand; 托著走 go about holding s.t. resting on open hand; 托起來 lift up from under; 托著盤子 holding tray in hand; 托著下巴 rest chin in hand; 托腮 rest cheek in hand. (2) Put lining in: 托一層紙（布） to line with paper (cloth); 襯托出來 serve as contrast (such as supporting cast, flower arrangements). (3) To entrust s.t. to another, to rely on, to request a favor (interch 託): 托你一件事 I want to ask you to do s.t.; 把這件事交托你 I entrust this matter to you; 拜托，求托，請托 (common var. 託) request a favor; 托人情 ask s.o.’s favor; 托人說好話 ask s.o. to put in a nice word; 依托，托賴 rely on; 托孤 entrust orphan to (friend); 托兒所 [tuo1er2suo3]↓; 托身（托足）之處 a place for a living, or to live in; 寄托 to give form to feelings, ambitions, through poetry, etc. (4) To give as pretext: 托病不見 refuse to see visitor on pretext of illness; 托故不來 fail to show up on some pretext. | |||||
| Words | 1. 托缽 [tuo1bo1], v.i., (沿門托缽) (of mendicant monks) to beg for alms (with “alms bowl in hand”). 2. 托地 [tuo1di4], adv., (MC) suddenly: 托地跳將過去(=突然). 3. 托兒所 [tuo1er2suo3], n., day nursery, where working mothers can deposit their children for the day. 4. 托賴 [tuo1lai4], v.t., (MC) thanks to (=modn. 托庇). 5. 托領 [tuo1ling3], n., stiffing material for collar. 6. 托墨 [tuo1mo4], adj., (of writing paper) support ink well. 7. 托盤 [tuo1pan2], n., a tray. 8. 托子 [tuo1zi0], n., a tray support. | |||||