託故

Chinese

		entrust	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old
trad. (託故)		託	故
simp. (托故)		托	故

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuōgù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tok³ gu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thok-kò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuōgù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuogù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-ku⁴
    • Yale: twō-gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoguh
    • Palladius: тогу (togu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tok³ gu³
    • Yale: tok gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tok⁸ gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tog³ gu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːk̚³ kuː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thok-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: thok-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tokkox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kɔ²¹/

Verb

託故

1. to give or find a pretext; to make an excuse

Synonyms

• 藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)
• 藉故／借故 (jiègù)
• 藉端／借端 (jièduān)
• 託詞／托词 (tuōcí)