托
tuō HSK5

to hold up, support

托 tuō frequency
support verb
to hold up in one's hand or support with the palm

他用手托着下巴。

tā yòng shǒu tuō zhe xià​ba.

He rested his chin on his hand.

entrust verb
to ask, beg, or entrust someone with a task (variant of 托 tuō)

我托他帮我寄一封信。

wǒ tuō tā bāng wǒ jì yī fēng xìn.

I entrusted him with mailing a letter for me.

shill noun
a person who acts as a decoy to entice others into a transaction

那个人是商家的托儿。

nà gè rén shì shāng​jiā de tuō r.

That person is a shill for the merchant.

torr measure word
a unit of pressure equal to 1/760 of an atmosphere

实验结果显示气压仅有几托。

shí​yàn jié​guǒ xiǎn​shì qì​yā jǐn yǒu jǐ tuō.

The experimental results showed that the air pressure was only a few Torr.

prop noun
something serving as a support, such as a rest or base

这个茶杯有个精致的茶托。

zhè gè chá​bēi yǒu gè jīng​zhì de chá​tuō.

This teacup has an exquisite saucer.

托 (託) tuō
trust verb
To rely on, depend on, or place faith in someone or something, often used in the context of receiving help or favor.

托您的福，我这次的事情办得很顺利。

tuō nín de fú, wǒ zhè cì de shì​qing bàn de hěn shùn​lì.

Thanks to your help, things went very smoothly for me.

entrust verb
To commission someone with a task or responsibility, or to act as the party responsible for a commissioned matter.

既然这件重任托在我的身上，我一定会负责到底。

jì​rán zhèi jiàn zhòng​rèn tuō zài wǒ de shēn​shang, wǒ yī​dìng huì fù​zé dào​dǐ.

Since this heavy responsibility has been placed on me, I will see it through to the end.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
799th most common 227.7 per million
Movie subtitles
426th most common 347.5 per million appears in 68% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
30.5 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
46.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+6258

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)