HSK 6 · Emotions

寄托 jìtuō “to place (hopes) on” in Chinese

Traditional 寄託

What 寄托 means

  1. to place (hopes) on
  2. to entrust
  3. to find comfort in
  4. to entrust (to sb)
  5. to place (one’s hope, energy etc) in
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • a thing in which one invests (one’s hope, energy etc)

How to say 寄托

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale寄jì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale托tuō1st tone, high and level

寄托 in a sentence

  1. 把小孩寄托给奶奶养。

    Bǎ xiǎohái jìtuō gěi nǎinai yǎng.

    Leave the child in Grandma’s care.

    Sentence #1994822 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 寄托 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 寄 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
寄jìto entrust; to place in sb’s care
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 奇strange · jīSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 奇 (jī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

The character 托 (tuō) with each of its parts in a different colour
托tuōto hold up in one’s hand
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 乇to depend on · zhé

How to write 寄托

寄 11 strokes · 托 6 strokes

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寄托 (jìtuō) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 寄托 (jìtuō). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 寄托

Words with 寄

寄jì · to send

Words with 托

摩托车mótuōchē · motorbike拜托bàituō · to ask a favour衬托chèntuō · to set off依托yītuō · to rely on委托wěituō · to entrust托运tuōyùn · to check in (luggage)

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

惊讶jīngyà · surprised津津有味jīnjīnyǒuwèi · with relish急切jíqiè · eager激情jīqíng · passion急于求成jíyúqiúchéng · too eager for success急躁jízào · impatient绝望juéwàng · to despair沮丧jǔsàng · dejected

FAQs

寄托 (jìtuō) means “to place (hopes) on” or “to entrust”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìtuō: jì with a 4th tone, then tuō with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 寄托 is written 寄託. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jituo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 寄托 from the suggestions. Typing jituo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
寄托 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.