HSK 6 · Work

委托 wěituō “to entrust” in Chinese

Traditional 委託

What 委托 means

  1. to entrust
  2. to commission
  3. to trust

How to say 委托

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale委wěi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale托tuō1st tone, high and level

委托 in a sentence

  1. 我是个委托人。

    Wǒ shì ge wěituōrén.

    I’m a client.

    Sentence #13911353 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 委托 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 委 (wěi) with each of its parts in a different colour
委wěito entrust
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 女woman · nǚ
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 委托

委 8 strokes · 托 6 strokes

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

Words related to 委托

Words with 委

委屈wěiqu · to feel wronged委员wěiyuán · committee member

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寄托jìtuō · to place (hopes) on托运tuōyùn · to check in (luggage)

More words: Work & Career

书记shūji · secretary (of a party committee)提拔tíbá · to promote (to a higher post)徒弟túdì · apprentice外行wàiháng · layman委员wěiyuán · committee member下属xiàshǔ · subordinate协调xiétiáo · to coordinate协议xiéyì · agreement

FAQs

委托 (wěituō) means “to entrust” or “to commission”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wěituō: wěi with a 3rd 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, 委托 is written 委託. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weituo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 委托 from the suggestions. Typing weituo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
委托 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.