寄托 meaning in English

jìtuō

to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 寄託17 strokes

Meaning of 寄托

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jìtuō
  1. to entrust (to sb)
  2. to place (one's hope, energy etc) in
  3. a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)

寄托 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

把bǎ小xiǎo孩hái寄jì托tuō给gěi奶nǎi奶nǎi养yǎng。
Let Grandma take care of the kid.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

寄 jì · to entrust · 11 strokes

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托 tuō · to hold up in one's hand · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 寄托.

摩托mótuō(loanword) motor; (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle (abbr. for 摩托車|摩托车[mo2 tuo1 che1])
委托wěituōto entrust; to trust
拜托bàituōto request sb to do sth; please!
托付tuōfùto entrust
衬托chèntuōto serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element
烘托hōngtuōbackground (of a painting); backdrop
依托yītuōto rely on; to depend on
摩托车mótuōchē(loanword) motorbike; motorcycle
委托人wěituōrén(law) client; trustor
寄生虫jìshēngchóngparasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader
寄宿jìsùto stay; to lodge; to board
信托xìntuōto entrust; trust bond (finance)

Questions about 寄托

What does 寄托 mean?

寄托 (jìtuō) means "to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 寄托?

寄托 is made of 2 characters: 寄 (11 strokes), 托 (6 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 寄托 an HSK word?

Yes. 寄托 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 寄托 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 寄托 is written 寄託.