托
tuō
to entrust; to ask (as in 托人)
Every meaning
tuō
- to entrust; to ask (as in 托人)
- tray; support (as in 托盘)
- (used in transliteration) (as in 托福)
- pretext (as in 推托)
- to hold up (with palm); to support
- (coll.) shill (as in 托儿)
In the Library
据说，鲁班赶紧跳进河里，用手托住了桥。
赵州桥 · Zhaozhou Bridge, the world's oldest open-spandrel arch · HSK 5
偏偏这时，悟空托着桃子赶了回来。
Words with 托
Meanings are from Mandarin The Wild’s own dictionary. Levels follow the official HSK word list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus, levels 7–9 shown together).