wěi tuōdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to entrust / to trust / to commission
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Original source entry:

委託 委托 [wei3 tuo1] /to entrust/to trust/to commission/

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Other forms in these source records: 委託

  • 委
    wēi

    used in 委蛇[wēi yí]

    wěi

    to entrust / to cast aside / to shift (blame etc) / to accumulate / roundabout / winding / dejected / listless / committee member / council / end / actually / certainly

    Wěi

    surname Wei

  • 托
    tuō

    to hold up in one's hand / to support with one's palm / sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest) / (bound form) a shill / to ask / to beg / to entrust (variant of 託|托[tuō]) / torr (unit of pressure) / to trust / to entrust / to be entrusted with / to act as trustee

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