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

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-thok
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi tog^ˋ
  - 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

to entrust to the care of; to have someone look after someone
to place one's hopes on (or other feelings)
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):

交仗 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
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)