託詞

Chinese

		entrust	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (託詞/托詞)		託/托	詞
simp. (托词)		托	词
alternative forms		托辭／托辞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuōcí

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tok³ ci⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thok-sîr / thok-sû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuōcí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuocíh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: twō-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuotsyr
    • Palladius: тоцы (tocy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tok³ ci⁴
    • Yale: tok chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tok⁸ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tog³ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːk̚³ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thok-sîr
    • Tâi-lô: thok-sîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thok-sû
    • Tâi-lô: thok-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toksuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ su¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ su²⁴/

Verb

託詞

1. to find a pretext; to make an excuse

Synonyms

• 藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)
• 藉故／借故 (jiègù)
• 藉端／借端 (jièduān)
• 託故／托故 (tuōgù)

 

Noun

託詞

1. pretext; excuse; subterfuge

Synonyms

• 事由 (shìyóu)
• 口實／口实 (kǒushí)
• 幌子 (huǎngzi) (figurative)
• 推頭／推头 (¹the-deu) (Wu)
• 擋箭牌／挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái) (figurative)
• 由頭／由头
• 盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
• 藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)
• 頭由／头由 (tóuyóu) (dialectal)
• 題目／题目 (tímù) (Classical Chinese)