"託故" meaning in Chinese

See 託故 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰɔːk̚³ kuː³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kɔ²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /tʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kɔ²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA] Forms: 托故 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 託故
  1. to give or find a pretext; to make an excuse Synonyms: 藉口 (jièkǒu), 借口 (jièkǒu), 藉故 (jiègù), 借故 (jiègù), 藉端 (jièduān), 借端 (jièduān), 託詞 (tuōcí), 托词 (tuōcí)
    Sense id: en-託故-zh-verb-4uP~rDDv Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "託故",
      "name": "zh-verb"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to give or find a pretext; to make an excuse"
      ],
      "id": "en-託故-zh-verb-4uP~rDDv",
      "links": [
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ],
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "pretext",
          "pretext"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "excuse",
          "excuse"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "jièkǒu",
          "word": "藉口"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jièkǒu",
          "word": "借口"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiègù",
          "word": "藉故"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiègù",
          "word": "借故"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jièduān",
          "word": "藉端"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jièduān",
          "word": "借端"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tuōcí",
          "word": "託詞"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tuōcí",
          "word": "托词"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuōgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄛ ㄍㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tok³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thok-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuōgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄛ ㄍㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuogù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻo¹-ku⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "twō-gù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuoguh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "togu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тогу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tok³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tok gu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tok⁸ gu³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tog³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɔːk̚³ kuː³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thok-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thok-kòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tokkox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "託故"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "托故",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "託故",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 故",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 託",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to give or find a pretext; to make an excuse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ],
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "pretext",
          "pretext"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "excuse",
          "excuse"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuōgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄛ ㄍㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tok³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thok-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuōgù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄛ ㄍㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuogù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻo¹-ku⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "twō-gù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuoguh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "togu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тогу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tok³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tok gu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tok⁸ gu³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tog³ gu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɔːk̚³ kuː³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thok-kò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thok-kòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tokkox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jièkǒu",
      "word": "藉口"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jièkǒu",
      "word": "借口"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiègù",
      "word": "藉故"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiègù",
      "word": "借故"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jièduān",
      "word": "藉端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jièduān",
      "word": "借端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuōcí",
      "word": "託詞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuōcí",
      "word": "托词"
    }
  ],
  "word": "託故"
}

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