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託

简托 · 繁託

Mandarin · pinyin tuō

to trust
to entrust
to be entrusted with
to act as trustee

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托: tuō · to hold up with palm; to support, rely on

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Cantonese word readings for 託. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to entrust (to someone's care); to commit (something) to someone's care
to rely on; to depend on
to entrust (someone) with something; to assign responsibility for
to give as a pretext; to feign

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