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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuōcí
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛㄘˊ
  - 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

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

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)

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