寄託

See also: 寄托

Chinese

		lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend	entrust
trad. (寄託/寄托)		寄	託/托
simp. (寄托)		寄	托

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìtuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄊㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ tok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki-thok
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kià-thok / kì-thok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gia³ toh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìtuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄊㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìtuo
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-tʻo¹
    • Yale: jì-twō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihtuo
    • Palladius: цзито (czito)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei³ tok³
    • Yale: gei tok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ tok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi³ tog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ tʰɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-thok
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi tog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ tog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ tʰok̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kià-thok
    • Tâi-lô: kià-thok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiartog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kia²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kia¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kia²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì-thok
    • Tâi-lô: kì-thok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kie'tog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gia³ toh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kià thoh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰoʔ²/

Verb

寄託

1. to entrust to the care of; to have someone look after someone
2. to place one's hopes on (or other feelings)
3. to rest in; live in

   • 蟹六跪而二螯，非蛇蟺之穴無可寄託者，用心躁也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蟹六跪而二螯，非蛇蟺之穴无可寄托者，用心躁也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Xiè liù guì ér èr áo, fēi shé shàn zhī xué wú kě jì tuō zhě, yòng xīn zào yě. [Pinyin]

     A crab has six feet and two pincers, but it cannot live without the holes of snakes and eels, it is because it has an uncalm heart

Synonyms

• (to entrust):

• 付託／付托 (fùtuō)
• 勞慰／劳慰 (nao² wei⁴) (Sichuanese, polite)
• 勞累／劳累 (láolèi) (polite)
• 囑託／嘱托 (zhǔtuō)
• 委託／委托 (wěituō)
• 寄 (jì)
• 打擾／打扰 (dǎrǎo) (polite)
• 拜託／拜托 (bàituō) (polite)
• 煩／烦 (fán) (polite)
• 相煩／相烦 (xiāngfán) (polite)
• 託付／托付 (tuōfù)
• 託管／托管 (tuōguǎn)
• 辛苦 (xīnkǔ) (polite)
• 麻煩／麻烦 (máfan) (polite)
• 齪嘈／龊嘈 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)