拜 bài
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
拜托
bàituō
to ask a favour; please
Characters in this word
托 tuō
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 乇 to depend on, to entrust with
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这件事关系到孩子的安全，我只能拜托你亲自核实一遍。 Zhè jiàn shì guānxì dào háizi de ānquán, wǒ zhǐ néng bàituō nǐ qīnzì héshí yí biàn. This matter concerns the child's safety, so I can only ask you to verify it personally once.
- 拜托你帮我看一下孩子，我马上就回来。 Bàituō nǐ bāng wǒ kàn yíxià háizi, wǒ mǎshàng jiù huílái. Could you please keep an eye on the child for me? I'll be right back.
- 拜托，请你小声一点，宝宝刚睡着。 Bàituō, qǐng nǐ xiǎoshēng yìdiǎn, bǎobao gāng shuìzháo. Please, keep your voice down; the baby has just fallen asleep.
Related words
- 拜访 bàifǎng to visit
- 礼拜 lǐbài week
- 拜年 bàinián to pay a New Year’s visit
- 崇拜 chóngbài to worship, to adore
- 拜会 bàihuì to pay a formal visit
- 拜见 bàijiàn to pay respects to; to call on formally
- 摩托 mótuō motorcycle
- 委托 wěituō to entrust; to ask someone to do something
- 摩托车 mótuōchē motorcycle
- 托运 tuōyùn to check luggage
- 衬托 chèntuō to set off; to serve as a foil
- 烘托 hōngtuō to set off; to highlight; to provide a foil