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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuōgù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛㄍㄨˋ
  - 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

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)

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